… the store turned into an impromptu women's crisis center, where battered women and mothers trying to rescue their daughters from abusive dads gravitated. Donna Minkowitz
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Recent Examples on the WebAt the old Terminal B at LaGuardia, in March 2016, crowds waited, water stained the ceiling, and a battered ground transportation sign greeted arriving passengers. Ben Cohen, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 In one corner, with a battered hip, sat the most accomplished quarterback in Ravens history — a former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player and one-time owner of the richest contract in NFL history. Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2022 There is an absolutely priceless moment when Julie and Rosalind have dinner together and Rosalind, always so proper in sturdy skirts and helmet of set hair, frets nervously that there’s no fish knife on the table to use on her dish of battered cod. Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2022 China announced $44 billion more in stimulus last week, but experts do not believe the measures will be enough to revive China’s economy or its battered property market. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2022 Reaching the plant, about 30 miles to the southwest, will entail crossing a buffer zone between the two armies of battered villages and fields cratered by artillery shells. Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 The husband of a U.K. diplomat who was accused of beating his wife in December 2018 was not initially arrested because he was protected by the battered woman’s own diplomatic status, according to a different report from the New York Post.Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 In recent weeks, fighting along the battered front line in southern Ukraine has been brutal.CBS News, 11 Aug. 2022 Christian is the kind of guy whose wife ends up in a battered woman’s center.Washington Post, 29 June 2021 See More