abused

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The BBC submitted Freedom of Information requests to all NHS hospital and mental health trusts in England to ask how many times staff had reported being racially abused by a patient.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“It’s being absolutely abused now, and it couldn’t be more obvious,” said one EPA staffer who asked not to be named because they currently work for the agency.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

During the sentencing, Judge Jessica Peterson offered an optimistic message to those whom Chasing Horse abused, and those who supported them in court, noting “you can take back your power.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Is anyone confident that this wealth of information about us will never be abused?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

It was not like Malfoy to pass up the chance to demonstrate his power as prefect, which he had happily abused all the previous year.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling