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"And I'm not going to aid and abet them in their efforts to do that."

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Mexico’s complaint alleged that the named firearms manufacturers and the named distributor aid and abet rogue dealers in the U.S. who illegally sell firearms to straw purchasers.

From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2025

“The question is whether we use our federal resources as a city to aid and abet that deportation,” Blumenfield said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025

While AirTags and other tracking devices have been used to thwart theft, privacy groups have also sounded alarms about their use to abet stalking or tracking people without their knowledge.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022

Oh yes, there were plenty to aid and abet him; even he could not have held a horse race without someone to race against.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner

Ms. Shorr emphasizes a social asymmetry that abets Martin’s lies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Conflict avoidance, and the way digital media abets it, is a recurring theme here, but “Zoomers” is no satirical work of social horror.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

It not only cuts methane emissions but returns nutrients to the soil, allows the ground to hold precious moisture and abets the “sinking” of Earth-warming carbon dioxide into the soil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

"Silence abets state hostage taking," it said, adding that the government should use "the strongest possible language" to call out cases where detentions are being used for leverage.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2023

‘Ma abets him. And Ma says it’s not suitable for grown women like Madge and Dorcas to be carrying buckets through the streets. So I’m the one.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

The California-based computer networking giant rejects the accusations that it "aided and abetted" human rights abuses against members of the Falun Gong, which has been banned in China since 1999.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Their careers play leapfrog, abetted by the studio executives and moneymen who bankroll their film projects, often against the executives’ better judgment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Thomas is still untangling the frightening mirage that was the past four months of his life, but he says his most dangerous delusions were abetted by the most sycophantic version of ChatGPT: GPT-4.

From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026

Prosperity came fast, abetted by advancing technologies that controlled nature, employed thousands and turned the dreams of some into a reality for many — but not all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

The undertone of fear that San Francisco would be bombed which was abetted by weekly air raid warnings, and civil defense drills in school, heightened my sense of belonging.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Ballmer and other defendants are accused of fraud and aiding and abetting fraud, with the plaintiffs seeking at least $50 million in damages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Plaintiffs took this as an invitation to shake down U.S. companies for abetting alleged human-rights violations in foreign countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

But at the same time he’s abetting the union campaign by parroting their arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

She denies five related charges of aiding and abetting.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Miss Ramirez, that had better not have been you abetting these hoodlums.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman