as in damaged
to manage badly
because the organization maladministered the relief effort, thousands of refugees went hungry needlessly
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But the war has damaged that argument.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Oil infrastructure in the Middle East has been damaged or disrupted in the Iran war.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The move follows arguments from Maduro’s defense team, led by attorney Barry Pollack, that restrictions on payments violated the Sixth Amendment right to counsel by preventing him from choosing his legal representation.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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The parents sued the school board and district officials in 2021, alleging that their rights to make decisions about the care and upbringing of their children were violated.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Jackson and his estate have denied that the pop star abused children.—
Samantha Masunaga,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The mothers of the victims said Chasing Horse betrayed their trust and abused sacred traditions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The result is a society that feels both rule-bound and misruled, saturated with laws and yet strangely lawless.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Maladministered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maladministered. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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