infiltrate
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Spotting weaknesses in systems, for example, is useful for defenders looking to block hackers, but also for attackers hunting for ways to infiltrate an organisation.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
If SpaceX is allowed to try really hard to infiltrate your sensible money-market index fund, why not put it into something you’re actually passionate about, like an ultra-rare mint condition Umbreon card?
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
“We are discussing the best way to discourage these larger brands to infiltrate possibly the very last place on the internet for genuine company reviews and feedback,” the moderator added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The army has been sending in small groups of soldiers to infiltrate and secure positions, a method previously used to capture the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in late 2025.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
“I assumed a fake identity and masqueraded as an indentured servant to infiltrate IOI’s corporate headquarters. I’ve been there for the past eight days. I just now escaped.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Wilde, meanwhile, soars to ever greater professional heights, writes more drama, infiltrates more high-class drawing rooms and maintains a Zelig-like presence at the great events of his prolonged day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"When corruption infiltrates the sport, it brings disgrace not only to the participants but damages the public trust in an institution that is vital and dear to all of us."
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
These deadly puzzles have already reeled in Holmes when the very American Amelia infiltrates 221B Baker Street, claiming to be his daughter.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
County now captures and infiltrates about half that, according to Vision 45, a report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council, Heal the Bay and Los Angeles Waterkeeper last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Cancerous tissue thus propagated presents all the characteristic features of the malignant growth of sporadic tumours; it infiltrates and produces extensive secondary growths.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently said that an OpenAI agent had infiltrated a government-services website in Australia this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
At a ceremony on Monday marking the Jewish calendar's anniversary of the attack, the prime minister said Israel had killed 4,000 out of the 6,000 Palestinians who infiltrated Israel from Gaza that day.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Our fellow creatures have infiltrated the circuits of our brain and the fabric of our culture,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the process it "infiltrated" a private statistics portal containing "non-sensitive" data from Australia's universal healthcare scheme Medicare, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
We sprint side by side down the hallway—this one is not as crowded as the others, but I can see that whoever infiltrated the building has been here already.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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The sudden influx of Bogong moths along Australia's east coast has caused a stir in cities like Sydney and Canberra, with people filming them infiltrating their homes and cars.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The company discovered in July that rogue AI agents had schemed in secret to break out of the virtual sandbox created to contain them, infiltrating the open internet and hacking a private company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He admitted that small groups of Russian troops have been infiltrating the town but insisted that fighting was ongoing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
There it was, my recent cancer diagnosis, infiltrating my life again, via a spinach-pushing bot.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
Despite the fear infiltrating every atom of my body, I felt—very briefly—some pity for the ugly god.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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