inhumane
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Professionals with air rifles shoot the pigeons at night in an effort to prevent droppings becoming slip hazards or causing illness, but critics say the method is inhumane.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"It was extremely small, completely inhumane for two men to be sharing," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The strike was a high-profile example of detainees organizing themselves against ICE over allegedly dangerous and inhumane conditions in the facility.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
"I talk to him at all hours of the day and night. He works inhumane hours," Rubio said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
After communicating with Ian for several years, Baigre wrote the court and told the judge who sentenced Ian of her conviction that his sentence was too harsh and that his conditions of confinement were inhumane.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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