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Recent Examples of molest
On the tape, Collins could be heard confessing to molesting an 11-year-old relative of his first wife, Marjorie Weinman.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There is no question that the brothers killed their parents, but Gascón has said the issue is whether the jury heard evidence that their father molested them, and whether that evidence might have affected the outcome of the trial.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Another of those suits contends that Diddy molested a 16-year-old boy at a party in 1998.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Monica Mercuri The new evidence supports the brothers’ claim that they were allegedly molested by their father, Jose Menendez.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
There is no question that the brothers killed their parents, but Gascón has said the issue is whether the jury heard evidence that their father molested them, and whether that evidence might have affected the outcome of the trial.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Another of those suits contends that Diddy molested a 16-year-old boy at a party in 1998.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024
Monica Mercuri The new evidence supports the brothers’ claim that they were allegedly molested by their father, Jose Menendez.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for molest
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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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Wang was appointed chair of Cupertino’s Planning Commission in 2019, but was ousted from his post last year following accusations of harassing community members and city officials.Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Advertisement More than third of election officials surveyed this year by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law said they have been harassed, threatened or abused for carrying out their work.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 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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There is a fine line between bullying and encouraging others to do what’s right.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 11 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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“Molest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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