as in abuses
harsh insulting language
the intemperate billingsgate to which the staff in customer service were sometimes subjected
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Chiarella is particularly interested in the abuses of conversion therapy, which hideously imagines that something innate can be excised or, at least, wholly ignored.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Congress must refuse to let pass any DHS appropriations bill that increases its funding and fails to include measures to prevent its abuses of power.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The president also called Walz and Frey himself Monday after weeks of hurling insults and accusing the Democratic officials of inciting resistance to the crackdown.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The crowd, rapidly swelling into the hundreds, screamed insults and obscenities at the agents, some of whom shouted back mockingly.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Asked about Newsom’s criticisms, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent went full Don Rickles.—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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When asked about Camarda’s criticisms of the CIT, Olivas acknowledged that no computer modeling program is completely accurate.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Billingsgates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billingsgates. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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