mistreat
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Skeptics could still support it for a human-centric reason, because mistreating AI systems could reinforce bad habits that make it more likely for those systems to mistreat humans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
“She would roll in her grave if she knew that in her death people would create a situation where people were going to mistreat bears, because she loved bears.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
My husband does not mistreat me at all in any way.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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TWU Local 100 and carriage drivers have long denied that the industry mistreats or abuses its horses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
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
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Regan denied those allegations, including that he mistreated women of color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Even in the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor,” Mr. Fukuyama writes, “there were kind Americans trying to help those mistreated by their own government.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Scuro claims Balogun felt he was mistreated while at Everton's training ground, something the Premier League club disputes.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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
If he told Harry he couldn’t go to the Quidditch World Cup, Harry would write and tell Sirius, who would know Harry was being mistreated.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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During the campaign she aired a public feud with Flavio, accusing him of mistreating her.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
Skeptics could still support it for a human-centric reason, because mistreating AI systems could reinforce bad habits that make it more likely for those systems to mistreat humans.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Before the Rand Refinery can handle the metal, it needs to ensure it is mined in a responsible manner, including without damaging the environment, mistreating workers or funding corrupt officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The company said at the time through a lawyer that they denied mistreating bodies.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2025
It is also possible that senior guards in the camp had found out that a disgruntled teacher was mistreating a reliable snitch.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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