abuse
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The policy, which comes into effect in September, "combats rampant visa abuse, and strengthens national security through regular vetting", the Department of Homeland Security said.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“The Israel Prison Service rejects attempts to portray systematic abuse or unlawful conduct by its personnel,” the agency’s spokesperson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Williams, a domestic abuse survivor and campaigner, was instrumental in introducing the offences into law.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
These agencies handle allegations of judicial misconduct, including bias, conflicts of interest, unethical conduct, abuse of authority, and other violations of the state’s code of judicial ethics.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
The legal rule is in place so the police and government can't abuse their power and lock someone up for no reason.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
We’re already amply aware that some stars are just so talented that they’re beyond accountability or making amends for previous power abuses that irreparably harmed other people and their careers.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
As part of a major push to target big tech abuses, the EU slapped the Mountain View company with fines worth a total of 8.2 billion euros between 2017 and 2019 over antitrust violations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
In it, the committee decried the fact that the abuses of the Palmer Raids went well beyond physical mistreatment.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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"It is the state that has progressively abused the process."
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
"It wasn't only white girls who were abused. Asian girls were abused too," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The EU said Google abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison-shopping service in search results and demoting those of competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The law is “being blatantly abused by the lemon law plaintiffs lawyers, the bar is not policing its own and the courts need to monitor fee awards with far more skepticism and scrutiny.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Maybe we would look harder for solutions to caring for the disabled, the abused, the neglected, and the traumatized.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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To many people, the question is not whether these efforts will help, but why role models like coaches and parents are abusing officials in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, had accused Google of abusing the popularity of its Android operating system to restrict competition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Far from abusing the courts with frivolous appeals, the exonerees we interviewed described being thwarted at every attempt due to appellate and postconviction processes that prioritize procedural regularity over the substance of their innocence claims.
From Slate ● May 29, 2026
"I don't think he's abusing the legal system. Whether he uses it effectively, I'm not sure."
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
But after he left Miss Ransom’s house and stood for a half hour watching Bud and C.T. abusing each other at checkers, he decided to check Sheila out right fast and quit for the day.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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