abuse
Example Sentences
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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
But the party's George Madgwich said Reform members had also reported "an incredibly large amount of abuse online and in person".
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
When judges have discretion, they may consider a defendant’s background and impose a lighter penalty if the defendant’s personal circumstances—extreme poverty or experience of abuse, for example—warrant it.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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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