exploitation
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This month, we also learned that Our Rescue, an anti-human-trafficking organization whose founder was accused of sexual exploitation himself, was awarded a $158 million no-bid contract to provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Off, her experiences were shaped by the exploitation and hardship she endured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The licenses cover preliminary surveys and sampling, with future decisions on commercial exploitation needing further bureau approval.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Dorset Police said the 20-year-old from Sussex and a 22-year-old from Buckinghamshire were arrested during an investigation into suspected exploitation, immigration and financial offences.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But everyone on Wall Street knew that the people who ran the models were ripe for exploitation.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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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
Escaping a Gilded Age takes more than just clever protagonists who can outwit the cruelties and exploitations of the wealthy few.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2020
“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
The dignity in doing such a job is a million miles away from the well-documented exploitations that people endure to earn a paycheck at one of Amazon’s warehouses.
From The Verge ● Jun. 26, 2018
These expeditions were not merely commercial exploitations, although there was plenty of that.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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