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• If you abuse your body now, you'll pay the price when you're older.
• The Mayor and his cohorts have abused their positions of power.
• In a landmark case/decision, the Governor pardoned a woman convicted of killing her husband, who had physically abused her.
• People who have been abused as children often experience feelings/a sense of worthlessness.
• The minister was sacked for abusing power for his personal gain.

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• The government say they are trying to do more to educate the public about the consequences of drug abuse.
• After years of abuse from her husband, she eventually found the courage to leave him.
• Judge Hawthorne was chosen to head the team investigating the allegations of abuse.
• There are few crimes more truly shocking than the murder or abuse of children.
• The family said they had endured years of torment and abuse at the hands of the neighbours.