Example Sentences

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However, it has been reported that in recent years some companies have been abusing the system.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2024

He said another reason why wait times are rising is because people have been abusing the 911 call system.

From Fox News • Jan. 20, 2022

The secret societies there, like Scroll and Key and Skull and Bones, each have an array of magical powers that rich young people have been abusing for generations.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

Pirates have been abusing Apple’s enterprise developer program to distribute hacked versions of popular apps, reports Reuters.

From The Verge • Feb. 14, 2019

I suppose you have been abusing me for a most ungrateful wretch; but I am sure you will pity me now, as nothing is so vexatious as having written a letter in vain.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir