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But the European Commission said WhatsApp was an "important entry point" for AI chatbots like ChatGPT to reach people, and claimed Meta was abusing its dominant position by blocking them.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

In 2016, Michael sent a cease-and-desist letter to Saks’s management explaining that his mother wasn’t of sound mind and that Kwatra was abusing his position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Botha, while acknowledging the camp was overcrowded, denied that Malawi was abusing the rights of the refugees.

From Reuters • May 26, 2023

The court’s direct and indirect responses in many ways only reinforced the central critique—that the court was not just using the shadow docket with greater frequency, but that it was abusing it.

From Slate • May 24, 2023

Nearly every one in that noisy group was abusing Mr Rose.

From Eric, or Little by Little by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)