as in to mistreat
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Some of the elders still remember the days when most Shia were mired in rural poverty, mistreated not just by Lebanon’s other sects but by their own semifeudal overlords.Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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The subsequent Circus Starring Britney Spears Tour made its way around the world, but much like an actual circus, the star of the show was being mistreated.James Dinh, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2024
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The law also allows law enforcement to issue a notice of noncompliance when autonomous vehicles violate local traffic ordinances.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Remaining open until 8 p.m. would also violate a section of the state constitution that sets voting times, the judge added.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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In an application for a restraining order, which was granted by a judge, a woman alleged that Ali harassed, bullied and threatened her.Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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In an August 2023 interview with People, LaPaglia confessed that Bryan fans were harassing her.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 July 2024
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This game got a lot more interesting after Servite manhandled JSerra 20-7 last week.Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
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Lie number 2: Israel has been oppressing and maltreating Palestinians (and denying them a state) for 75 years.Efrem Sigel, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2024
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In 2022, the World Health Organization estimated that 1 billion children were maltreated each year around the globe.Marc D. Hauser, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
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Scared for the victims and their families who were stalked and brutalized in the most vicious way.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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Amiri Baraka was arrested the night after Smith, for illegally possessing weapons, and he was brutalized, too.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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A couple has been injured at an air-guitar concert (yes, seriously) where the air-guitar hero climbed the scaffolding during a performance then fell onto his girlfriend in the crowd.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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The 17-year-old suspect in a shooting last week that killed two people and injured eight during Halloween celebrations in downtown Orlando, Florida, has been charged as an adult, authorities said.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Another season of Love Is Blind has come and gone, and in its wake we were left with two marriages, five breakups, a villain who bullies, a gold-digging hero, and at least one secret father who never mentioned his children to his partner.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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The nature of the gas market, then, meant buyers begged, bribed, or bullied sellers into supplying gas to keep their lights on.Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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