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exploit

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




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Because wireless networks are already so common, the researchers argue that privacy protections should be built into future WiFi technology before these capabilities become easier to exploit at scale.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Shortly after the video was released, the internet exploded with concern about Grande’s noticeably svelte appearance, and the scenes in the clip that seemed intended to exploit it.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2026

Astra, still in development, wasn’t involved in the Hugging Face exploit, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Wolbachia occurs naturally in mosquitoes, and scientists found they could exploit it: if the male carries the bacteria but the female does not, or carries a different strain, sterilization occurs.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

How do we know the people running your CDO machine aren’t just using your enthusiasm for shorting your own market to exploit us?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Tapping Travis Scott to play the Bard singing the tales of Odysseus’ exploits, for example, doesn’t merely reframe the role of ancient storytellers and poets as that age’s rappers.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

That landmark picture features McElwee, then in his mid-30s, as he tries to chronicle the exploits of Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, who laid siege to the South during the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

In an early scene in “Othello” the title character recalls in lush language how his recounting of the daring and dangerous exploits he endured as a warrior transfixed and moved his new wife, Desdemona:

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Morgan was named player-of-the-match for his two-try exploits and brilliant defensive display.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

In 1927, as story after story in the Odessa News heralded new strikes in the oil field, the only non-oil-related activity that made the front page was the exploits of the Odessa High Yellowjackets.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

What they should have been told was that they were being exploited.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Patel’s style has been built around dark insinuation, and in this case his phrasing was official enough to seem consequential, yet vague enough to be exploited.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

The 69-year-old exploited his roles to help others secure engineering contracts, land transfers and financing, in exchange for money and valuables, said state media.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

“Software vulnerabilities could be identified and exploited faster than firms were able to respond, leaving less time to detect, contain and remediate emerging threats.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

The more they examined the individual bonds, the more they came to see patterns in the loans that could be exploited for profit.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"We are already observing individuals exploiting the new Google Earth web tool to make military positions, relabel buildings as schools, and experiment with manipulating the information environment," the group wrote on X.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

“The systems in each voting location are not connected to the Internet or to each other, and many methods for exploiting them rely on physical proximity.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Whether the genre is romantasy or autofiction, making up stories often demands making up stories about real people — exploiting them — to serve a narrative purpose.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

However, the Korean shares cannot be converted into ADRs, preventing arbitrage by exploiting the discrepancy.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Why not spend a decade or so exploiting nature’s gifts before building an expensive machine to generate the same energies?

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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