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are abusing

  • present progressive of abuse.

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To many people, the question is not whether these efforts will help, but why role models like coaches and parents are abusing officials in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The court ruled that antitrust authorities can take into account any violations of data privacy rules as they investigate whether tech giants are abusing their dominance in the market by boxing out competitors.

From Seattle Times Jul. 4, 2023

The 14th Amendment also gives Congress authority to investigate whether states are abusing the rights of their citizens.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

"Courts do sanction lawyers when they believe the lawyers are abusing the courts in this way," the legal ethics expert said.

From Salon Jan. 9, 2023

The Germans are upset at stories that Czechs and Poles are abusing ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia and Poland.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti