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Recent Examples of abuser
The third and fourth sections are, respectively, a somewhat non-traditional perpetrator and a man who seeks out his abuser many years later.
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The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Doucet encouraged women to leave once their abuser makes the slightest error and the opportunity presents itself.
—Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
Chris Brown is a serial abuser.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Coercive control refers to a pattern of acts and behaviors used by an abuser to limit another person’s freedom and control their life.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Two of the four friends — John Riley (Ron Eldard) and Tommy Marcano (Billy Crudup) — spot their former lead abuser, Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), in a restaurant and gun him down on the spot.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
The Know, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
Yet the surrounding circumstances aren’t exactly those of the average substance abuser.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026
Those records, which largely do not name Hamilton, show that his church conducted an internal investigation about the abuse, reported it to law enforcement after identifying the abuser and that Hamilton personally played a role in a report about additional abuse by the perpetrator.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Dirty John, a podcast about serial scammer and abuser John Meehan, had recently completed its circuit from 2017 LA Times investigation and partner podcast to Netflix documentary to TV drama starring Connie Britton and Christian Slater.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2026
Doucet encouraged women to leave once their abuser makes the slightest error and the opportunity presents itself.
—Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
Chris Brown is a serial abuser.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Coercive control refers to a pattern of acts and behaviors used by an abuser to limit another person’s freedom and control their life.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
Two of the four friends — John Riley (Ron Eldard) and Tommy Marcano (Billy Crudup) — spot their former lead abuser, Sean Nokes (Kevin Bacon), in a restaurant and gun him down on the spot.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abuser
Noun
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An America where justice brings down oppressors and lifts up the ordinary.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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And did the advocates of this collective pedagogy imagine their children rising to heights of power, only to view the darker nations of the world through the same violent lens as their oppressors?—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.—
Meredith Maran,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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Incredibly, one of Schiller's torturers, Jorge Delgado - the Sun Gym member who had first told Lugo about Schiller and his millions - ended up helping the federal government make their case.—
Troy Roberts,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Still, the star did not name her harassers.—
Chanel Vargas,
InStyle,
22 May 2026
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Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.—
Briana Mascaro,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Noun
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Third-graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul’s transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.—
Heather Hollingsworth,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Third graders would learn about the Road to Damascus, which tells the story of Paul's transformation from an early persecutor of Christians into a follower.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Corlys and Lohar find each other in the scrum and both land powerful blows before Corlys is thrown into the sea, leaving Alyn of Hull to finish off his father’s enemy.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
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After hours of fighting in the close urban setting, Dockery used smoke grenades to signal enemy positions for American gunships.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2026
Noun
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The narrative chronicled an international gang of scientists and military folks that stumble across a Stargate network deep in the Pegasus Galaxy and its insidious alien antagonists called The Wraith.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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Beyond harsher criticism, sports media frames Black athletes differently — often naming them as villains, failures, antagonists or questioning their leadership when necessary.—
Brielle Miller,
Baltimore Sun,
16 June 2026
Noun
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For Bellinger, at least, a creative exchange with some professional hecklers was more welcomed.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Any comedian that’s good with dealing with hecklers lost to hecklers many, many times coming up.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
Noun
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The former quarterback turned race-baiter, who shamed his White parents who adopted him.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Control of the criminal term was ceded to the race-baiters and radical left in an act of political mollification.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Abuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abuser. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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