abuse
Example Sentences
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Many traders and crypto veterans say the UMA voting system is ripe for abuse.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
It is understood a traffic cone was placed on Foley's head by Yungblud fans after she had allegedly started shouting abuse.
From BBC • May 18, 2026
“We believe images,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at University of Virginia who studies online abuse and privacy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Grover founded the Giggle for Girls app in 2020 in response to online abuse by men during her time as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
I knew I was being unreasonable, but I had taken a lot of abuse already that day, and I just was not going to make peace with anyone at the moment.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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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