abused

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The BBC submitted Freedom of Information requests to all NHS hospital and mental health trusts in England to ask how many times staff had reported being racially abused by a patient.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Done right, it’s normally an under-the-radar role, but the office can be abused.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Mr. Bielenia’s Ignac is the General’s opposite—unsure, abused, desperate to secure his inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

They also told how Patel abused a trip to Windsor Castle to meet King Charles with a group of both American and British law enforcement agents.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

I felt an unpleasant mixture of fear and shame — fear that I would get some cosmic comeuppance and shame that I had abused the trust of my adopted family.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela