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exploit

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




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The “machine” wants to sell tickets and exploit his trauma in the process.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2026

“Will there be ways to try and exploit that and try and get stuff done?”

From Salon Sep. 24, 2026

When an agentic model in an evaluation sandbox connects to an unauthorized server or executes an exploit, it hasn’t staged a coup.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

Instead of relying only on treating an entire structure, researchers are trying to exploit the insects' own biology, social behavior, feeding habits, and even their microbial traces.

From Science Daily Sep. 19, 2026

The most brilliant researchers drawn into the Lawrence orbit—Nobel-caliber scientists such as Luis Alvarez, Edwin McMillan, and Glenn Seaborg—would find their own methods to exploit Lawrence’s laboratory resources to make their own reputations independently.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He was fascinated by the camera operators who followed his Mudcats exploits and asked them to teach him how they worked.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Beyond his exploits in Sao Paulo's financial hub Faria Lima, high-flying Vorcaro invested in real estate, pharmaceuticals, textiles and even soccer.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

Washburn estimated that he currently spends roughly half his time touring, typically performing for between 2,000 and 5,000 fans, in order to fund his open-air exploits.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Tapping Travis Scott to play the Bard singing the tales of Odysseus’ exploits, for example, doesn’t merely reframe the role of ancient storytellers and poets as that age’s rappers.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

I tell her about Boston and Harlem, making my exploits out to sound like I’ve taken the whole eastern seaboard by storm.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

In an article published in state media Sunday, Chinese state security minister Chen Yixin said AI brings threats—especially if exploited by foreign adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

His earlier work showed that the products of fructose metabolism can be exploited by cancer cells to promote their growth.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Still, it’s always disappointing when a generous offer feels like it’s been exploited.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

He expertly exploited the lavish movement on offer to conclude a similarly one-sided contest to England's innings win in the first Test at Headingley last week.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

The country was a single body, with each organ serving its function—to say that Pharaoh exploited the people was therefore as nonsensical as saying that his head “exploited” his hands.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

During a hearing over that issue last month, prosecutors revealed jailhouse recordings in which Lavie bragged about exploiting Cloobeck.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 5, 2026

“They see a business opportunity, and they are not above exploiting it.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Sánchez has accused migrant traffickers of exploiting a decision recently made by the country's supreme court which constrained the government's right to immediately deport people who had arrived by sea.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Why not spend a decade or so exploiting nature’s gifts before building an expensive machine to generate the same energies?

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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