abuse.

You seem also to be misapprehending the meaning of the term abuse.

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We know that Tatum O ` Neal wrote a book detailing what she described as abuse.

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When asked to define what she thought abuse was, this woman couldn't even define the word abuse.

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In fact, TMZ is reporting that they are dangling the word abuse.

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Old bruise marks and scars indicated long-term abuse.

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He felt no anger and he had some time before he put away preju - dices that brought to mind the word abuse.

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Here's how the body reacts to meth and the consequences of long-term abuse.

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Here's how the body reacts to meth and the consequences of long-term abuse.

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Ortega, in office since 2007 in his second turn as president, is said in the cables to have bribed a prominent Nicaraguan boxer to stump for him in exchange for not facing sexual assault charges, which Ortega himself faced when accused by his stepdaughter of long-term abuse.

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Even where referrals put the service in touch with victims following minor assaults, advisors can find there has been long-term abuse.

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