proxy

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A few tips can help you steer clear of so-called residential proxy networks, which have been used to wreak havoc online around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Another tell may come from the VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, which was launched in January 2008 and used the Dow Jones Coal Index as a proxy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

So Carpino, as a proxy for Moreno, was booed loudly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Here’s the tricky thing: The test could still show “observed risks” if you aren’t personally infected by a residential proxy network.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“You are both cowards. You fight by proxy because you are too cowardly to challenge each other directly. Afraid that you will fail and have nothing to blame except yourselves.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern