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leak

[leek] / lik /




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Park said the ministry was treating the incident as a data leak rather than a hacking attack, and was examining computers and email accounts used to prepare the presidential trip.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Spain's biggest train drivers' union Semaf condemned the leak of audio recordings as irresponsible and slanted.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Jackson’s attorneys fired back at the claims, insisting that their client had been withholding rent because of a leak in the property that had not been fixed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The theft came after the crew had been working in the rain trying to patch up a leak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Lyndon Johnson, from his ranch in Texas, called the leak of the Pentagon Papers “close to treason.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

In 2024, Ofwat announced it was fining the company £47m for historic sewage leaks.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Menapace says she’s been locked in a dispute with the company’s insurer over the leaks in her roof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Between 80 and 85 percent of the water" supplied has to be pumped to get to these households, he said, adding that equipment breakdowns, leaks and drought have exacerbated the problem.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Rapid hiring and employees’ frequent moves between rival firms have made leaks and theft harder to guard against.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Reggae music leaks from a speaker nailed to the mast.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

"The foreign ministry is now working with the National Police Agency and other agencies to determine how the information was leaked," he said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

Flavio at first denied having contact with Vorcaro, but was forced to backtrack after audio leaked of him imploring the banker to make overdue payments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

The evidence was contained in leaked files, including thousands of documents about Abramovich's finances and the operations of a network of offshore companies, administered from Cyprus between 1995 and 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

They are spooked by embarrassing episodes in which CEOs’ inelegant internal remarks were secretly recorded and leaked online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The sausage and ham-bone smells filled up the cabin and leaked out through the cracks in the floor and around the door.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong

"Basically, how these galaxies were leaking ionizing radiation isn't what we thought," Carr said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

As I was working on this article, our garbage disposal started leaking swamp water to the tune of $750.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Science Center President and Chief Executive Jeffrey N. Rudolph says there is hope to someday bring the building back into service, but that its small spaces, awkward circulation and constant leaking have made that difficult.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The company suspected them of leaking its closely guarded secrets: the internal designs of its AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Do you think, it said with leaking contempt, that you possess more strength than I do, that you can just...pull me out?

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi


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