loophole
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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
Earlier this year, Amex put an end to a loophole where cardholders deposited the credit into a United program, which they would then use to purchase flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Don’t think of it as a loophole, said Matt Chancey is the founder of Tax Alpha Companies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
It also eliminated an earlier loophole that allowed stonecutting manufacturers to dodge safety requirements by claiming that protective steps weren’t feasible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Haupt didn't consider the possibility that the loophole would be incriminating, not only to him but also to his father.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Even if AI labs collaborate to slow development, Gupta sees potential for loopholes to emerge.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lane Kiffin, the school’s polarizing new head coach, lived up to his reputation as a master of loopholes by recruiting players straight out of NFL training camps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
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
“There’s too many loopholes in here,” he declared, twice.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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 small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A strong loopholed wall ran zigzagging up the side of the rock.
From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler
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
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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
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
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
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