exploit
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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
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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
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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
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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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