exploitation

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Young says he feels like he is a victim of big business exploitation, but -- like many -- he refuses to give up, saying "I do think that change is coming, because it has to."

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

"Secondly, there is a danger that policymakers will approve the premature exploitation of raw materials on planets, with the risk of irreversibly destroying unnoticed life."

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

It showed that the world’s largest economy wasn’t inevitable but was built over 250 years through ingenuity, exploitation, ambition, luck, government choices, private risk-taking and constant reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Protesters also questioned Hyundai’s use of robots at World Cup venues and the tournament’s impact on local workers, including allegations of labor exploitation and rising housing costs in host cities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2026

All these techniques, though developed for the exploitation of wild cereals, were prerequisites to the planting of cereals as crops.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond