abuse
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Appeared in the June 2, 2026, print edition as 'Autism Therapy Is Booming—And So Is the Billing Abuse'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The National Center on Elder Abuse — a government agency affiliated with the U.S.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
Caroline Plant, who runs charity Action on Spiritual Abuse, was inspired to support others by her own experience, which came in a different form to Grace's case.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Major funding for the new recovery center comes from the California Department of Health Care Services, and Homeboy is partnering with the Los Angeles Centers for Alcohol and Drug Abuse to run the site.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Modern drug forfeiture laws date back to 1970, when Congress passed the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing abuse
Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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Macbeth's "Is this a dagger..." soliloquy
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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