Example Sentences

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I want to be clear that there is no evidence in the record that Washington’s transgender women will abuse the law in the way VanDyke warns.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

The risk is that Amazon -- which accounts for 60 percent of online sales in Europe's top economy, according to the watchdog -- will abuse its power to compete with the third-party retailers, he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Both privacy advocates and some forensic scientists fear police will abuse the technology to test people without their informed consent, or to mishandle evidence that could compromise prosecutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2019

Facebook says no, but then Facebook has historically been bad at predicting how people will abuse the service.

From The Verge • May 14, 2019

When these malignant pages arrive in New York, every inhabitant of that good city will abuse us heartily, except our publisher.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various