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Two days later, on 1 December, he said department was investigating allegations that teargas had been misued.
US firms shipped teargas to Egypt during crackdown, investigation reveals 2011
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The ends never justify the means. is often misued.
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If you've ever been in a commercial bakery or kitchen, you know how many times a day surfaces get dirty and then wiped clean and how often tools get dropped, misued or abused.
Archive 2009-08-01 Zenmomma 2009
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If you've ever been in a commercial bakery or kitchen, you know how many times a day surfaces get dirty and then wiped clean and how often tools get dropped, misued or abused.
Tales From the Cafe Zenmomma 2009
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Enlarging the military, enlarging the government, illegal search and seizure, warrantless wiretaps, signing 800 bil of stimulus… these are not parts of the evil “socialism” misued vague politically sensitive nazi reference word trend.
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Think how many more court actions and judges for those courts at taxpayer expense are going to be needed for all the legal challenges when this information is misued, or there is a security breach by some governmental employee that makes that movie on stolen identity a nightmare come true?
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I know how you hate the use of quotations on cakes, especially when they are misued, so when I read this article I thought of you.
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They are vague and can be misued to stifle dissenting viewpoints.
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Palin misued her power and McCain is a fear monger.
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Biden misued the word patriotic when he meant punitive or punishment.
Sean Hannity interviews Sarah Palin. Ann Althouse 2008
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