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Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

One attendee had even brought her sign from 2017, a verse from Leviticus in English and in Hebrew: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.”

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2025

Thompson’s death has inspired a torrent of fury about the way his insurance company and others treat — or mistreat — people in their moments of greatest need.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

There are a lot of people who mistreat dogs and take dogs for granted.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

He demanded so much, promised with such insistence that he would not mistreat the things, that Úrsula gave him the keys.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

After a decade-long battle, a former animal trainer has succeeded in his mission of getting a beloved walrus out of Canada's most popular aquatic zoo, which has faced allegations that it mistreats its animals.

From BBC ● May 17, 2023

In the second passage, an excerpt from Petronius’s Satyricon, the formerly enslaved Trimalchio mistreats his own enslaved people during a lavish dinner party.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It's not perfect, but it is duty-bound to best uphold the ideals of society even if it mistreats people.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2022

All of which makes Ruland’s title double-edged: Corporate rock sucks, as SST’s slogan put it, because it’s litigious and exploits an economy of scale that mistreats individual artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

If a mentor mistreats his tributes, he'll be held accountable by the viewers, by the people back in District 12.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Bush, who ran Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, was trusted by bereaved families but mistreated them on an "almost industrial scale", Paxton said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

They have called adult protective services repeatedly, claiming that their mom is being mistreated, court documents show, and have tried to monitor her own whereabouts, Ruth said.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

In the wake of an internal report alleging that Riverside code enforcement officers mistreated street vendors and entered homes without warrants, advocates have questions:

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Porter has previously faced reports from Politico that she allegedly mistreated staff, after which she said she would "be more intentional in showing gratitude to my staff".

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

"You were not mistreated, I trust," he said after they had gone.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

She began by asking the actress about her criticism of women working on The Deb, accusing her of mistreating MacInnes, Ghost and a female writer, despite saying she is a champion of women.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

State Farm spokesperson Bob Devereux disputed the insurer was mistreating its customers and said in a written statement an “overwhelming majority are satisfied with our service.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

The patients she was accused of mistreating ranged in age from 43 to 104.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

“It’s never a good look when people think you’re mistreating animals,” Stewart said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

“This guy’s been mistreating his momma,” Darlene explained.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole