advantage
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The same moves tend to attract scammers who take advantage of people when they are most vulnerable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Tilstone said this could be taken advantage of by certain species which were harmful to humans, fish and shellfish.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Wedbush’s Reese noted that Netflix’s industry-low churn rate — the rate at which people cancel subscriptions — gives it a strong advantage among advertisers.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
But a 2021 set at a notorious homeless encampment in Oakland earned backlash from advocates, who said the band was taking advantage of desperate people to throw aesthetically nihilistic punk shows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
For it is a rare, brave soul who will stand up to a figure of authority in high dudgeon, a fact that Penelope now hoped to take advantage of.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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