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A government spokesperson said the alert was sent "after a direct request from fire and rescue services" and it was working closely with domestic abuse charities for tests of the system.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

In an overnight statement, his family said he had been "subjected to a campaign of sustained abuse for more than three years since he accepted the role of professor at Cambridge University".

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

He said Arday had faced "an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse", adding that he was a victim of "a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

“You can’t love God and abuse the immigrant. You can’t love God and bully the outcast. You can’t love God and oppress the poor.”

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Laertes, too, protected me by his presence, for Claudius dared not seize me or abuse me, and thus inflame my brother more.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

There are still transparency laws that apply to Flock databases, which is how 404 Media and other media outlets have discovered abuses of the technology.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Now he’s looking for that kind of “momentum,” to solve this most stubborn of abuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Still, pressure is building on Israel to provide a more thorough accounting of its prisons, as more reports of alleged abuses come to light, report Feliz Solomon and Anat Peled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Davies hopes the documentary raises awareness of the harm caused by hidden spy cameras and reinforces that abuses of privacy and "consent should never be normalised".

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

By the middle of the twentieth century, abuses within mental institutions generated a lot of attention, and involuntary confinement of people became a significant problem.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

She digs into why it’s so appealing—and why it’s also become the most abused trope on BookTok.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“The trial court abused its discretion by considering incompetent evidence in support of the temporary injunction,” the three-judge panel wrote.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

"It is the state that has progressively abused the process."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

“People accused of serious animal cruelty should not be allowed to keep control of abused animals while a case slowly moves through the court system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Let’s take a closer look at some of the more commonly abused words and phrases.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Flock cameras help police solve crimes, but cases of officers abusing their access to the technology for stalking raise concerns about privacy violations.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

Atlanta-based Flock said the tool has already been associated with the arrests of several officers accused of abusing the system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The commission, the 27-nation bloc's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

"There is still the misconception that people who need the foodbank don't want to work and are just abusing the system, which is really not the case," she added.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

A couple of days later, Tom Testo, the director of the Department’s Bureau of Labor Relations, warned us against abusing these powers.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover