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Domestic abuse charity Refuge is calling for tougher regulation of hidden surveillance devices and better police training to identify and investigate their use.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

These agencies handle allegations of judicial misconduct, including bias, conflicts of interest, unethical conduct, abuse of authority, and other violations of the state’s code of judicial ethics.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

They called the two who I clarified would not know about the abuse but would be able to affirm our relationship timeline, events, etc.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

“Assembly Bill 2344 would help protect animals from continued abuse and neglect before more harm is done,” L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Duke, though he never won the high political office he often sought, proved himself a master of information abuse.

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

Inspired by Khalra's life, the film follows an activist investigating alleged human rights abuses during Punjab's separatist insurgency, one of the bloodiest chapters in modern Indian history.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

"The proposal must not have loopholes that allow abuses," Canfin, who will also take part in negotiations on behalf of the parliament, said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

We’re already amply aware that some stars are just so talented that they’re beyond accountability or making amends for previous power abuses that irreparably harmed other people and their careers.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

In the process, she gutted the ATS—a law signed by President George Washington in 1789—and slammed the door on countless suits against corporations complicit in human rights abuses.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

He will take the insults and abuses stoically so that his children will not have to take them in the future.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Then last month, the monitor claimed Fain abused his power to benefit his fiancée.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

"It is the state that has progressively abused the process."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Although some cruelty cases already have a mechanism to allow forfeiture of an animal, Haney’s bill seeks to make it easier for abused animals to move on from the shelter system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

"I think we need to anchor it in what the law was intended to do and not the way it has been abused today."

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

“But every strength can become a weakness. Your mother foolishly abused her magic.”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

A federal jury in Manhattan in 2023 found Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll and ordered him to pay $5 million in damages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Black denied ever abusing a woman, or being with an underage woman, or sex trafficking, or paying Epstein for access to women, or being blackmailed by him.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Far from abusing the courts with frivolous appeals, the exonerees we interviewed described being thwarted at every attempt due to appellate and postconviction processes that prioritize procedural regularity over the substance of their innocence claims.

From Slate ● May 29, 2026

But after he left Miss Ransom’s house and stood for a half hour watching Bud and C.T. abusing each other at checkers, he decided to check Sheila out right fast and quit for the day.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison