loophole

Now plans are afoot to close the loophole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Last year, state lawmakers there passed a bill closing the so-called voluntary-intoxication loophole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

US media has been widely reporting it as the "voluntary intoxication loophole".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

She has also vowed to close a "loophole" that prevents prosecutors from pursuing rape charges in cases when the victim has voluntarily consumed drugs or alcohol.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“And you came back. That was the loophole I needed to actually speak to you, to actually look directly into your eyes....”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Lane Kiffin, the school’s polarizing new head coach, lived up to his reputation as a master of loopholes by recruiting players straight out of NFL training camps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The family say they are working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to remove "loopholes" from current legislation around banned dog breeds.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“There may be loopholes that folks find in this one, and they have to follow up and close those loopholes,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Our retirement savings system is built on incentives to help workers achieve financial security after a lifetime of work — not on loopholes for the wealthiest to exploit,” Neal said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

It’s times like this when loopholes become a guy’s best friend.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

Any legislation however altruistic is loopholed to death.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

Swaney loopholed her way into a spot in the skiing halfpipe for Hungary and then cautiously coasted down the course.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018

The small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind us, on a long mound, were fortified barracks with loopholed walls.

From Life in an Indian Outpost by Gordon Casserly

Author Stern began explaining the not-so-fine art of legal tax loopholing nine years ago in The Great Treasury Raid.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy’s position was naturally strong, and was rendered more so by blockhouses, a stone fort and entrenchments cut in solid rock, and the loopholing of a solidly built stone church.

From The Boys of '98 by James Otis

They went to work, however, with a will, and for more than two hours employed themselves in loopholing the walls and constructing barricades between the two houses.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams

These he made use of as forts, throwing into them little garrisons, and loopholing the walls.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson