abuse
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In addition to leading the Iran negotiations, Trump put Vance in charge of rooting out fraud and abuse in federal benefit programs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the situation was "not students' fault", and that many institutions had let them down "through either incompetence or abuse of the system".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“This wasn’t a mistake or a loophole; it was deliberate fraud. This kind of abuse undermines trust, drains critical resources, and threatens care for those who truly depend on it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
“I have never had any knowledge of Epstein’s abuse of his victims. I was never involved in any capacity—I was not a participant, was never on Epstein’s plane, and never visited his private island.”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
It would be naive to suppose that people abuse information only when they are acting as experts or as agents of commerce.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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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