misuse

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These suits claim that developers created, or refused to provide, certain features that made them especially susceptible to harm and misuse.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

She served in that position for two years, and the alleged misuse of millions of pesos in public funds is linked to that time.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The results followed a campaign during which videos purporting to show figures close to the Freedom party were caught discussing ways to circumvent lobbying rules or misuse public funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Kaiss told AFP that if the Israelis have evidence that ambulances are being misused, they "must issue a warning to cease this misuse and only attack after this warning goes unheeded".

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

But it is in the nature of punctuation lovers to care about such things, and I applaud all those who seek to protect the apostrophe from misuse.

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