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abuse

[uh-byooz, uh-byoos] / əˈbjuz, əˈbjus /










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We should want them to empathize with marginalized groups, including abuse victims and children.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

One thing I’ve heard is that more banks are using artificial intelligence to try to catch points abuse and manufactured spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

When Hochman took office, he put McKinney in charge of specialized prosecutions, giving him oversight of a wide range of cases, including cop killings, juvenile crimes, gang homicides and child abuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Acton, a pediatrician and former health director under Ohio’s current Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, has spoken openly during her campaign about facing abuse and neglect as a child, while in her mother’s custody.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

It would be naive to suppose that people abuse information only when they are acting as experts or as agents of commerce.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Four years ago, U.N. human-rights officials said China’s abuses in Xinjiang potentially amounted to “crimes against humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

China’s Foreign Ministry, in response to questions, rejected allegations of forced labor and other abuses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

He and 12 other House members successfully sued the Trump administration after he was blocked from entering a detention facility and has said he trained legal observers to document ICE abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Most types of legal claim are thus blocked by this immunity, including cases about serious human rights abuses and data breaches, and there are no exemptions for unjustifiable conduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

SWAN: The OAS is here investigating human rights abuses.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The antitrust watchdog concluded in December 2023 that Swisscom had abused its market dominance and fined it 18 million francs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Right through the ages... those who're righteous, they've always been attacked, abused, accused, killed, imprisoned -- and this is the way it is," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The administration says it seeks assurances from those countries that the deported persons will not be not be abused or persecuted, but it refuses hearings for individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Saylor made clear that he knew the game perfectly well as he asked these people, whose trust had been routinely abused, to trust him with their money.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

It looked eerily similar in design to the boys’ locker room at Burnt Mill Creek High School, except this one was just a little more battered and abused.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

“There are real concerns as to whether or not she is acting as some sort of vigilante law enforcement person, that she’s wrongfully abusing her position as an elected official,” Bonakdar said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But none of the updates have attracted as much attention or scrutiny as its move to forbid users abusing its chatbots.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

I have read and replied to many cautionary tales about people abusing their responsibilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

In 1890, the North River Sugar Refining Corporation was dissolved by New York’s highest court on the grounds that it was abusing its power as a corporation.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

"Stop abusing the dead for your own selfish ends," I said.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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