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Recent Examples of mistreatment
The filing further accuses Jenner and her co-defendants of failing to adequately support the chef despite knowing about her health circumstances, mistreatment and wishes to remain employed.
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Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Prosecutors have been examining more than 100 allegations of mistreatment, physical violence and rape of children as young as three by monitors during lunch breaks, nap times and after-school activities.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
19 June 2026
After all, a lot of the motivation for hoarding as people age is due to fear of mistreatment when physical decline makes reliance on oth-ers indispensable.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
But its conditions have been harshly criticized by l awyers, families and human rights groups, who have persistently denounced the mistreatment of detainees since the center opened 11 months ago, during the Atlantic hurricane season.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Overdose deaths have been an ongoing issue in recent years at the jail, which has been under a federal Consent Decree since a 2019, when a class action lawsuit alleged medical and mental health mistreatment at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.
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Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
The real trouble occurs when Sylvia’s pain manifests in the present, where it gets expressed as mistreatment of Emily.
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Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
While some of the models made allegations about mistreatment on the show, others defended Banks and the production.
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Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
Their drama is already stale, and between Nathan’s touchiness and Joe’s mistreatment of women, their fight over who is a better guy, a better seaman, a better worker, a better boyfriend is disengaging at best and aggravating at worst.
—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Prosecutors have been examining more than 100 allegations of mistreatment, physical violence and rape of children as young as three by monitors during lunch breaks, nap times and after-school activities.
—
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
19 June 2026
After all, a lot of the motivation for hoarding as people age is due to fear of mistreatment when physical decline makes reliance on oth-ers indispensable.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
But its conditions have been harshly criticized by l awyers, families and human rights groups, who have persistently denounced the mistreatment of detainees since the center opened 11 months ago, during the Atlantic hurricane season.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
Overdose deaths have been an ongoing issue in recent years at the jail, which has been under a federal Consent Decree since a 2019, when a class action lawsuit alleged medical and mental health mistreatment at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center.
—
Theresa Clift,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
The real trouble occurs when Sylvia’s pain manifests in the present, where it gets expressed as mistreatment of Emily.
—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026
While some of the models made allegations about mistreatment on the show, others defended Banks and the production.
—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mistreatment
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According to Seary, there is also currently no funded pathway specifically designed for former athletes recovering from coach maltreatment nor duty of care beyond retirement, meaning survivors are left to self-fund their own recovery, from legal fees to therapy and healthcare.
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Severe child maltreatment is not reducible to a single cause, and serious child welfare policy cannot be reduced to a single response.
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Officers understood that a move against Maduro without clear guarantees of immunity meant risking imprisonment, torture, confiscation of assets, and the ill-treatment of their families.
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On the stand, Nash testified to Combs’ ill-treatment Fine during the years he was employed.
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Over time, graft and mismanagement came to hobble the industry.
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Guerrero Flores returned to the prison in Aragua on murder and other convictions in 2013, when Venezuela’s crisis began and corruption, mismanagement and a drop in crude prices wrecked the oil-dependent economy.
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Shilts made history as the first out gay reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, and then again with this landmark book about the mishandling of the AIDS crisis in its early days.
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Special Counsel Robert Hur had obtained these recordings as part of his probe into Biden’s alleged mishandling of classified documents from his time as vice president and senator.
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“Mistreatment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mistreatment. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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