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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wronging
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While the administration spins the myth of vicious criminals victimizing American citizens, the past months have revealed the truth.
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Between 1974 and 1978, Bundy raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls across the country, victimizing women in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Florida.
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For more than a decade, YouTube has faced its fair share of scourges, including accusations of radicalizing users or harming their mental well-being.
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Robinson’s attorneys have repeatedly raised concerns about news coverage of the high-profile case potentially harming their client’s right to a fair trial.
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Lively accused Baldoni in December 2024 of harassing her on the set of It Ends With Us and subsequently plotting a smear campaign against her.
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John was found guilty of harassing an ex-girlfriend later that same year.
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Norway was itself a colonizer, and programs oppressing indigenous cultures and languages were in place well into the 1960s.
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Having been raised not too far from similarly-minded environs, this Turkish critic knows that keeping a pure and noble familial slate in patriarchy often means oppressing women.
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Rumor has it that Steve Spurrier could be the favorite, which would be hilarious given Spurrier's history of tormenting the Vols.
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But the man hung himself, most likely due to Duncan tormenting him relentlessly like a jock pranking a nerd in an ‘80s campus comedy.
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Some employees also owe their employers a deeper fiduciary duty, which one court has described as the duty to protect the employer’s interests and to avoid injuring the employer or depriving the employer of the employee’s skills.
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In May, a frightened horse rammed into another carriage, causing the vehicle to flip over, injuring the driver.
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Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.
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Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.
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Henry Bernard Montgomery, 38, was arraigned Monday afternoon on one count of third-degree killing/torturing animals and given a $20,000 bond with a GPS tether.
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In fact, the disease has been torturing humans for at least 5,500 years, according to a study published today in the journal Nature .
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“Wronging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wronging. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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