as in mistreatment
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The event capped almost 18 months of turbulence for the long-running contest, which underwent an acrimonious change in leadership following the resignation of Miss USA 2023, Utah’s Noelia Voigt, amid allegations of mistreatment.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025 -
But, at large scales, laborers (who themselves are often poorly treated) are often paid by volume and are likely to work as quickly as possible which leads to mistreatment.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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In the antebellum years and during Reconstruction, conjure women told mermaid stories that empowered women and girls, where the mermaids’ struggles for freedom mirrored their own experiences of domestic abuse or reproductive maltreatment during slavery.—
Time,
Time,
8 Sep. 2025
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Of this group, more than half – 56% – had talked about their maltreatment on social media.—
Laura Schwab Reese,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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Satellite imagery showing the crisis surrounding Lake Urmia, once one of the world’s largest saltwater lakes, highlights the twin threats of climate change and chronic mismanagement that have plagued Iran's water resources for decades.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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But others would prefer to focus on agency mismanagement instead.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Ill-usage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ill-usage. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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