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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

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

The stunt was meant to support critics of SeaWorld who assert that the park mistreats its orcas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

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

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

Plus, the Justice Department considers whether Watergate prosecutors mistreated Richard Nixon, and the U.S. is sending a third aircraft-carrier group to the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

I got angry with the growers who mistreated them and was glad when Tom Joad protested and fought for their rights.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

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

They said his “egregious record of mistreating law enforcement officers, abusing power and disregarding the law itself disqualifies him for this position.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

"It's a job to stop them," says the swan marker, and he hopes that working with schools will help to educate young people away from mistreating swans.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024

Bowden-Lewis also was accused of a pattern of mistreating employees, refusing to acknowledge the commission’s authority, disregarding its directives and improperly ordering a subordinate to search the emails of employees and Palmer without their knowledge.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

“We are diligent in our Title IX compliance. We take this very seriously. There’s no room for mistreating people here.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely