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
"I would never mistreat such a fair maiden."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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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
And I don’t feel like anybody mistreats me or anything, except sometimes people act too nice, too polite, like they’re afraid they might ask the wrong question .
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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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
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
“Paul and I saw the characters as two brothers who have a common father in God, and they both feel that they’re being mistreated in some way,” Sharpe adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 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
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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
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
After reporting Lopez missing last September, Lopez’s daughter told a detective that Yepez had been mistreating her mother at work, the police report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
But the zoo's director has urged people to behave when they come to see Moo Deng, after videos emerged showing visitors mistreating the animal.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 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
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