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abuse

[uh-byooz, uh-byoos] / əˈbyuz, əˈbyus /










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Prize law provided rules to govern the practice and to protect against abuse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"The legacy media needs those clicks - this means that all of this abuse is monetised," she said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

"No matter what your beliefs, you should be able to do your role as a councillor without abuse from the wider public and people should be able to debate without overstepping boundaries," Madgwich said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

And what of all this waste, fraud and abuse?

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

I'd seen the abuse of power in many cases before, but there was something especially upsetting about it here, where not only a single defendant was being victimized but an entire community as well.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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