exploitation

"Banning these sites is the right way to go. Regulation just won't be strong enough in this space. Even if we regulate this space tightly, the exploitation would still continue."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The move is one of the boldest yet to legitimize the billions of dollars worth of gold unearthed by informal miners, a business often associated with worker exploitation and environmental damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Tina Wolfson, one of the lawyers representing the plaintiffs, said the case also centers on Meta’s surveillance of people’s lives without their consent and the exploitation of their image and likeness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Buenos Aires argues that the arrangement breaches Argentine law, which prohibits the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons on its continental shelf without government authorization.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

My crude exploitation of Richard Parker’s weak sea legs is not the only explanation.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Popeye also gives us a window into how a character’s entry into the public domain doesn’t require subsequent exploitations to adhere to his or her original conception.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2024

While Michael Jackson was scarred by his father’s tyrannical exploitations, Beyoncé fired her father, took possession of the torch, and kept on perfecting.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2021

Mr. Plummer’s résumé, which stretched over seven decades, was at least colossal, if not nonpareil, encompassing acting opportunities from some of dramatic literature’s greatest works to some of commercial entertainment’s crassest exploitations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2021

“I know there are exploitations that have happened, but not in South Dakota,” Rep. Linda Duba, a Sioux Falls Democrat, said.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2020

These expeditions were not merely commercial exploitations, although there was plenty of that.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan