mistreat
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Zambian union leaders said Chinese managers pay poorly and mistreat workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
One attendee had even brought her sign from 2017, a verse from Leviticus in English and in Hebrew: “When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them.”
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2025
Thompson’s death has inspired a torrent of fury about the way his insurance company and others treat — or mistreat — people in their moments of greatest need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
There are a lot of people who mistreat dogs and take dogs for granted.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
It wasn’t that he thought they’d mistreat her.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
When a jerk mistreats us, it can help to have an understanding of why they’ve behaved like a jerk.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The stunt was meant to support critics of SeaWorld who assert that the park mistreats its orcas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
After a decade-long battle, a former animal trainer has succeeded in his mission of getting a beloved walrus out of Canada's most popular aquatic zoo, which has faced allegations that it mistreats its animals.
From BBC ● May 17, 2023
In the second passage, an excerpt from Petronius’s Satyricon, the formerly enslaved Trimalchio mistreats his own enslaved people during a lavish dinner party.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
If a mentor mistreats his tributes, he'll be held accountable by the viewers, by the people back in District 12.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
They have called adult protective services repeatedly, claiming that their mom is being mistreated, court documents show, and have tried to monitor her own whereabouts, Ruth said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Disclosure and File on 4 production featured contributions from former workers from the Philippines, Ghana and India who alleged they had been mistreated by the company.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Wilson on Tuesday denied she mistreated women while making "The Deb", saying this was "nonsense".
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
In an interview in 1980, Donald Trump called the entire hostage episode a horror and said it was ridiculous that the U.S. allowed its people to be mistreated for so long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
I was greatly distressed by her imprisonment, though she was apparently not mistreated this time and emerged from jail in December even firmer in her commitment to the struggle.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
After reporting Lopez missing last September, Lopez’s daughter told a detective that Yepez had been mistreating her mother at work, the police report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
As well directly mistreating staff, Ms Perry said Lowe failed to "address the alleged toxic conduct" of male colleagues in the office, and refused to act on complaints.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2025
Melinda and others believed Landy was exploiting and mistreating Wilson, and they feuded with Landy for years before he was barred in 1992 from any contact with Wilson.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2024
The patients she was accused of mistreating ranged in age from 43 to 104.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
“We are diligent in our Title IX compliance. We take this very seriously. There’s no room for mistreating people here.”
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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