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It is claimed that the boy was "threatening and abusive" to Amen three days earlier, by brandishing a sword and metal barrier and shouting and swearing.

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Ron’s participation is a bit halfhearted, though, since his daughter has recently fled her abusive and vengeful husband.

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Sandy McDougall, an abusive mother barely out of her teens, believes she has killed the baby she relentlessly battered.

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The hearing was told on Tuesday that Norris used racially abusive language in prison, according to intelligence reports from different facilities.

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Since coming out as gay in 2021, footballer Josh Cavallo has received daily death threats and abusive messages on social media.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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