as in insulting
marked by harsh insulting language
never one to believe that honorable people can disagree honorably, he invariably launches abusive attacks against anyone who dares to challenge him
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Recent Examples of abusive
Like Qatar, Saudi Arabia operates under the abusive labor sponsorship system known as kafala, where migrant workers pay large recruitment fees, often have passports taken and wages stolen by employers, and cannot change jobs or leave the country freely.
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Minky Worden, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
On March 1, 2021, the abusive behavior reached its peak, alleges the family.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
These two issues have led to forum-shopping by the litigants who have brought abusive litigation to try to stay away from state Anti-SLAPP laws.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
According to court documents, Super Micro alleged human resources got a complaint that Luong had engaged in abusive bullying of two of his direct reports in July 2022.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Minky Worden, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
On March 1, 2021, the abusive behavior reached its peak, alleges the family.
—Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
These two issues have led to forum-shopping by the litigants who have brought abusive litigation to try to stay away from state Anti-SLAPP laws.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
According to court documents, Super Micro alleged human resources got a complaint that Luong had engaged in abusive bullying of two of his direct reports in July 2022.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Arizona State football fans slam 'truly insulting' College Football Playoff graphic Winter swoon: December has not been kind to Phoenix Suns in recent years The vehicle backed out of the driveway and into the road.Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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The dawning of his second term has invoked jubilation from those who welcome Trump back to the Oval Office and fear from those alarmed by his insulting rhetoric about political opponents, the media, migrants and others.Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2024
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But any unpalatable class issues at the center of the movie are smoothed over by the outrageous star power of Culkin, who is so charismatic as Kevin that the performance has followed him ever since.Erin Somers, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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An outrageous budget buster that’s heading for approval will blow a $200 billion hole in the trust fund.John Fund, National Review, 19 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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There have now been 21 fines due to obscene gestures this season.Ryan Morik, Fox News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Altuve is an offensive force, but ignoring his deteriorating defensive metrics at second base is becoming impossible.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Dec. 2024
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The Volunteers have been one of the better offensive teams in all of college football this season but the Buckeyes defense will present a challenge.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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In sum, there are established means for a targeted individual to seek their own retribution against malicious acts by a government official who is without legal merit out to seek retribution.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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Trump’s vituperative persona, his enmity toward multilateralism, and his extreme policy agenda could easily sink the United States’ prospects for meaningful leadership of the G-20.Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
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Unlike Rhoades, a vituperative colossus, however, Williams brings a steely determination and a Joe Friday, just-the-facts mien to his lawyering in the court of public opinion.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Facts won’t deter Republicans on this point, however, for the same reason that Trump and his running mate, J. D. Vance, keep repeating their scurrilous lies about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of Ohio: white anxiety about a diversifying country has become one of the Party’s greatest assets.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
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And Harriman was certainly subject to gossip, some of it scurrilous and sexist.Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Once more, Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting to override the guilty verdict of a jury in the Manhattan hush money case, asking the court to toss it while slinging invective at the office of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, which successfully won Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts this year.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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The other sticky reality is that the vast majority of prospective CT buyers don’t pay attention to fringe media invective but make very practical buying decisions rooted in dollars and cents.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Abusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abusive. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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