exploited
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The challenge for enterprises today is to patch, or perform security updates, on software before vulnerabilities can be exploited.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Concerns about how the rules are being exploited have also been raised in parliament.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
“The analysis reveals how food and chemical companies have exploited a loophole in federal law in order to certify that their own new additives are ‘generally recognized as safe,’ or GRAS,” Benesh writes.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
After its triumph in war with Persia, Athens under Pericles began to treat its allies as subordinates to be exploited.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Pizarro quickly appreciated those divisions and exploited them.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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