Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for molested
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The addition of those provisions, the lawsuit argues, violated a requirement in the Missouri Constitution that laws only deal with one subject.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 Jan. 2026 -
The lawsuit argues the freeze violated federal law, including the Administrative Procedure Act and constitutional limits on executive power and how Congress appropriates funds.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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The appeal of this approach is easy to see, especially for those on the right who have felt mistreated by American elites for years.—
Yuval Levin,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Workers have reported feeling hungry, frustrated and mistreated, with some now discussing paying out of their own pockets to helicopter a food drop into the remote area.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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City leaders demand faster care for first responders Lauersdorf was among several Fort Worth council members and state representatives who saw the posts and were outraged.—
Ginger Allen,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Central bankers across the globe were outraged by the announcement of the Department of Justice launching a criminal probe into Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell.—
Leonie Kidd,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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For the second game running, Omari Hutchinson was too easily bullied off the ball in a dangerous area.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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By the time Zoe turns up dead, stabbed to death in her bathtub, Anna begins to put the pieces together that Lexi, her work nemesis, is actually Catherine—the girl her friends had bullied at school.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
9 Jan. 2026
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Gardner, a Black woman, said the police union harassed and intimidated her and city officials attempted to silence her and remove her from office.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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The security forces were a constant presence throughout the election campaign, and Wine said authorities followed him and harassed his supporters, using tear gas against them.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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The defendants' sentences were reduced because they were abused by the victims, in accordance with the New York Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act, legislation that Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney criticized.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 Jan. 2026
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Election administrators around the country who have been abused and harassed for the past six years are keeping a wary eye on the resurgence of the conspiracy theories.—
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
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Social media can’t replace offline resources for children who are being maltreated.—
Laura Schwab Reese,
The Conversation,
2 Sep. 2025
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How about the Hollywood know-nothings Susan Sarandon or Mark Ruffalo, who have so much to say about the suffering of Hamas terrorists but not a peep for people being brutalized and murdered by actual terrorists?—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Jan. 2026
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The series explores death in ways that are almost unique to commercial television, without losing sight of the audience’s need not to be needlessly brutalized.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Molested.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molested. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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