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exploit

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




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Sinner left Melbourne vowing to improve the weaknesses in his game that only a player like Djokovic or Alcaraz is gifted enough to exploit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Those are trading strategies that seek to manipulate the price and exploit the large percentage of its individual investors.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Under former boss Gareth Taylor, City were tough to beat but played to a rigid structure that some teams had learned how to exploit.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Hoping to exploit the weakness, the Lakers got up 30 three-pointers, a relative improvement from their first-round series average of 25.5 per game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Jockeys could smell fear in one of their own and would exploit it mercilessly, trying to intimidate their way past a rival.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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