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exploit

[ek-sploit, ik-sploit] / ˈɛk splɔɪt, ɪkˈsplɔɪt /




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They found the tool could locate dormant bugs lurking in decades-old code and easily exploit them.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

"We are looking at what we can do to exploit more of our resources in the North Sea through tie-backs," she said, adding that more details would be available "in the next few days".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Larger economies can exploit pressure points that flow from their heft in the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The concern stems from the ability of Mythos to find and exploit so-called zero-day vulnerabilities in tech infrastructure, based on relatively simple prompting.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I had come to believe that people befriended only to exploit one another.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




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