This manifested in a pattern of systematic abuse against his wife and son.

It is a pattern of abuse used by one person to control another.

If there is a pattern of abuse, the abused partner should seek help.

But studies conducted after the hearings have documented no pattern of abuse.

High school was too late to begin changing the pattern of abuse.

The Principles were developed in response to patterns of abuse reported from around the world.

Your grievance concerns not so much the wrong done to a single student as a pattern of abuse in the system.

Unfortunately, you don't learn a lot about how to avoid or break patterns of abuse.

"Hair is the gold standard for testing; it can give you a real pattern of abuse over a much longer time period."

These protocols make it possible to find patterns of abuse.