advantage
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Attorney Jay Clayton, whose office brought the case, accused Pildes of taking advantage of New Yorkers’ holiday spirit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
"He took advantage of New Yorkers' generous holiday spirit to finance his lifestyle through personal expenses, big and small."
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
But, if Maggie’s confession is true, then the Fox sisters’ long hoax also took advantage of grief and is therefore despicable and unforgivable.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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