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Example sentences for: abuse

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That, as we all know, is a forlorn hope (to abuse a Dutch cliché): those who “know” that when two or more people or things are the subject of a verb you have to use were , not was , regardless of the context, are like those who “know” (like the people at Elizabeth Arden) that millennium is spelled with one n, who “know” that it is Parmagiana , not Parmigiana (like the people at Burger King), and who have no doubt that baking soda, baking powder, washing soda, and ice-cream soda are all the same thing.
In this vast Times listing, how much contains sexuality, blasphemy, pornographic violence, vacuous, gratuitous abuse of one kind or another?
The interpretations could also create incentives for abuse.
investigates referrals concerning specific allegations of federal fraud, waste, abuse, or misconduct and
Fewer cases of alcohol abuse meet the ICD-10 definition.