exploit

Example Sentences

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Havana also learned to exploit the Cuban diaspora as a source of hard currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Sanberg continues to exploit his fraud of Mr. Ballmer for his benefit, providing information to the NBA in return for a sentencing letter that the league submitted on his behalf,” Kelley wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

One driver of the shift was Anthropic’s limited April release of Claude Mythos — with that model withheld from the general public because of its ability to autonomously find and exploit software vulnerabilities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

By late May, those early partners had already used Mythos to uncover more than 10,000 serious security weaknesses that hackers could exploit to cause real damage.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“Joey’s exploit saved the lives of all those men who were rushing to save us,” Gertie later wrote.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly