abusers

plural of abuser

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, Annie as played by Tess Barthélémy copes in two ways with being surrounded by caricaturish oppressors.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 18 May 2026
  • Cuba needs to be rid of its oppressors once and for all, as quickly as possible.
    Carlos Eire, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shakespeare humanizes the Elizabethan stage stereotype of the villainous Jew by giving Shylock ample reason for wanting to get back at his Christian persecutors.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Amish are part of the wider Anabaptist movement, which puts heavy emphasis on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, containing some of his most radical and counter-cultural sayings — to love enemies, live simply, bless persecutors, turn the other cheek and to endure sufferings joyfully.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
    Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Hunger and disease are always enemies that accompany war and sometimes can claim more lives than the fighting itself.
    William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2026
  • The big and heavy fights in the new trailer for gen ATLAS (shown below) really remind me of fighting various large enemies in Gigantic Drive.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Rage baiters, in short, reflect the dark side of the attention economy.
    Roger J. Kreuz, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Any comedian that’s good with dealing with hecklers lost to hecklers many, many times coming up.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 1 June 2026
  • Yes, freedom of expression applies to hecklers, too.
    Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
Noun
  • As Evil-Lyn Alison Brie’s character, Evil-Lyn, as her name suggests, is one of the film’s antagonists.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • Rather than positioning herself as one of the president’s loudest Democratic antagonists, Whitmer opted to work with the White House on issues affecting Michigan.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
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