cruel treatment
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Critics of the bill have blasted SB 16 as “dangerous legislation” that fails to penalize mass corporations for their cruel treatment of animals, workers and consumers.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2024
Audiences are reconsidering mid-2000s pop cultural events like the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction seen ’round the world at the Super Bowl halftime in 2004, and the media’s cruel treatment of Britney Spears, Timberlake’s ex-girlfriend.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024
“This cruel treatment of wild horses in unacceptable and far below the standard that Americans expect for these iconic animals,” she said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023
In their application for emergency measures, Canada and the Netherlands asked the court to order Syria to stop all acts of torture and cruel treatment and end arbitrary detentions, among other things.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023
Every one knew that Dean was by no means a bad boy; he was thoughtless and imprudent, but never did he deserve such cruel treatment.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John N.
