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Example sentences for: abuse

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Although science often cannot prove even fatal child abuse, it is not without its power.
The Times of London, in an editorial expressing "heartfelt sympathy" for the people of Moscow--and also for the Russian administration "lumbered with yet another crisis"--warned, nevertheless, against an abuse of power.
USAT notes that the Court's school decision will make it much harder for student victims of sexual abuse and harassment to win damages.
But at some point, the skeptics have to choose: Did the Clintonites abuse power by trafficking in classified information or by ignoring it?
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 1997;23:1-13.