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abuse

[uh-byooz, uh-byoos] / əˈbjuz, əˈbjus /










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After Wietrzyk's identity was shared online, Hyrox said anyone sending abuse or threats to the athlete would be banned from future events.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Stewart would later work with the charity Refuge, which specializes in domestic abuse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Burch on Monday sued Los Angeles resident Christine Weber and her legal team, submitting a lawsuit in Los Angeles Supreme Court for malicious prosecution, abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Let’s use this moment to confront a culture that disbelieves children, blames victims, and protects those who abuse them—and demand better from our politicians, our institutions, and ourselves.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

The difference was that here I could disagree with him without risking a flood of abuse or petulance.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

He and 12 other House members successfully sued the Trump administration after he was blocked from entering a detention facility and has said he trained legal observers to document ICE abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Most types of legal claim are thus blocked by this immunity, including cases about serious human rights abuses and data breaches, and there are no exemptions for unjustifiable conduct.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Mass defections erode loyalty, expose human-rights abuses and signal internal instability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

"This is no time to return anyone forcibly to a country plagued by egregious human rights violations and abuses," UN rights chief Volker Turk last week.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

An official city commission looking into abuses by the Housing Authority later catalogued many of these problems.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Artex was "abused by some bad actors" to launch cyberattacks, the tool's developer "Autumn-27" wrote Thursday on code-hosting platform GitHub.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

"No company in the US has abused this system more than Microsoft," Vance said.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The administration says it seeks assurances from those countries that the deported persons will not be not be abused or persecuted, but it refuses hearings for individuals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It’s a power that is easily mishandled and abused, but then there are authors such as Charles Dickens, who knew how to harness the full potency of description.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Troy Price got a better job, as executive director of Pikeville’s new support center for abused children.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

“There are real concerns as to whether or not she is acting as some sort of vigilante law enforcement person, that she’s wrongfully abusing her position as an elected official,” Bonakdar said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

In 2016, Gutiérrez became Spotify’s top lawyer and was an architect and public face of its fight against Apple, which Spotify complained was abusing its control over the App Store.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

While more than 90% of over 2,000 respondents supported the ban, there were some concerns over the police and other authorised officers abusing the powers.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I have read and replied to many cautionary tales about people abusing their responsibilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Many musicians thought that conductors were abusing their power and playing favorites.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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