loophole

"I support closing this loophole, and will work with the New York State Legislature to accomplish this."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

She has also vowed to close a "loophole" that prevents prosecutors from pursuing rape charges in cases when the victim has voluntarily consumed drugs or alcohol.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

As of next month, a loophole that allows her to personally import the medication, Xifaxan, for her painful gut condition, is closing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Last year an all-party Westminster inquiry, external called for action to close a legal loophole that allows illegal vehicles to be sold under the guise of off-road use.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

His freedom wouldn't be based on some tricky legal loophole or the exploitation of a technicality.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Even if AI labs collaborate to slow development, Gupta sees potential for loopholes to emerge.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

The family say they are working alongside the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to remove "loopholes" from current legislation around banned dog breeds.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

So boards start “digging for dollars” by searching for loopholes in restricted funds given by benefactors who are deceased, Moore said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The section’s vague language and many loopholes could have a chilling effect on any research that studies the effects of a disease, policy or public health intervention on any specific group of people, Rafla-Yuan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Any legislation however altruistic is loopholed to death.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

Swaney loopholed her way into a spot in the skiing halfpipe for Hungary and then cautiously coasted down the course.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018

The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The usual method is to have two gates, the outer one a lattice or portcullis of iron bars and the inner one a plate of half-inch steel armour, backed by wood and loopholed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

Author Stern began explaining the not-so-fine art of legal tax loopholing nine years ago in The Great Treasury Raid.

From Time Magazine Archive

The enemy’s position was naturally strong, and was rendered more so by blockhouses, a stone fort and entrenchments cut in solid rock, and the loopholing of a solidly built stone church.

From The Boys of '98 by James Otis

They went to work, however, with a will, and for more than two hours employed themselves in loopholing the walls and constructing barricades between the two houses.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by H.C. Adams

These he made use of as forts, throwing into them little garrisons, and loopholing the walls.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson