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The city is a bird sanctuary and its code says it is illegal to hunt, wound, molest, injure or kill any bird within its limits.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

The Emporia Gazette reports defense attorney Christopher Joseph said Hawkins was sloppy and should have better explained his procedures to the women but he didn’t molest them.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 23, 2019

Two, Wade Robson testified under oath that Michael Jackson didn’t molest him, raising the question, “Was he lying then, or is he lying now?”

From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2019

Around 1993, James and Wade told the authorities that Jackson didn’t molest them; and Wade testified in court on Jackson’s behalf in 2005.

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019

The strike was to be orderly and peaceful: signs posted in five languages reminded strikers to “Obey the union’s rules to molest no person or property, and abide strictly by the laws of the country.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

It is my observation and belief that a grizzly, if physically able, will attack any living thing that molests it or interferes with its routine activities.

From Time Magazine Archive

By pleasure and pain, I would be understood to signify, whatsoever delights or molests us; whether it arises from the thoughts of our minds, or anything operating on our bodies.

From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by Locke, John

The fact is, these animals feel perfectly secure, for, with the p. 169exception of a few Mongols who follow the chase, nobody ever molests them.

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] by Huc, Evariste Regis

For I will guarantee their good condition: and this very night, I will rid thee of the evil demon that molests her.

From An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition by Bain, F. W. (Francis William)

Kashmir is truly and indeed the paradise of birds, for there no man molests them, and no schoolboy collects eggs, and the result is a fascinating fearlessness, the result of perpetual peace and plenty.

From A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by Swinburne, T. R.

George Gascón announced he recommends they be resentenced after new evidence that they had been molested by their father came to light, which could make them eligible for parole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

The four-time Oscar-winning director of "Annie Hall" and other comedies has repeatedly denied the accusation that he molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, in 1992.

From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2022

Jackson, who died in 2009, was found not guilty in 2005 of charges alleging he had molested a boy.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 20, 2019

“My client never molested Mr. Simpson, and he will not be extorted. We look forward to a trial in open court to reveal the falseness of Mr. Simpson’s allegations once and for all.”

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018

I went to the rest room and was not molested.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Considering the sexual abuse scandals within the Catholic church and the Southern Baptists, I find it strange that so many Christians are concerned about Freemasons and Shriners and "the Illuminati" molesting their children.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023

Gregory Daniel Beaumarchais, 43, has been charged with one misdemeanor of annoying or molesting a victim believed to be under 18.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2022

Michael Jackson was eventually acquitted on four counts of molesting a minor.

From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2022

By that he meant that Kemp carries none of the baggage of Moore, who was accused of molesting a young woman many years ago, and that Abrams is considerably more liberal than Northam.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2018

“That is none of your business, you waif. Why aren’t you in school? Kindly stop molesting me. Anyway, I have no change.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole