exploitative
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A State Department spokesman said the U.S. is sharing information about what it calls the program’s exploitative practices and urging governments that use Cuban doctors to hire and pay them directly instead of through Havana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
"The extractive industry is often exploitative and prone to gross human rights abuses that must be monitored and enforced," Julius Ogogoh, the director of the lobby group, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
“It’s exploitative and frankly disrespectful and infuriating that that is kind of a last-ditch effort to suggest to my community ... that they’ve been wrong the whole time,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
In early February 2026, after the large-scale release of most of the FBI’s material on Epstein, Chopra released a statement on X denying involvement in “any criminal or exploitative conduct” during his friendship with Epstein.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Saidy added that the media were exploitative in publishing the most hideous of Bobby’s statements, that the press should leave him alone.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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