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




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Baseball’s official rules leave much to interpretation, he explains, and teams exploit the written word quite as aggressively as litigators do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Exeter had to respond and Feyi-Waboso's burst near the corner drew in enough defenders to allow Varney to exploit space to get his side on the board.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

"They appear to use NAD at a much higher rate than normal cells, which creates a vulnerability that we can exploit with new types of drugs."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Others describe a skilled operator willing to exploit collective fears about technology to serve Anthropic's interests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The delay allowed Lawrence to exploit Groves’s largess without competition: by the time Brookhaven was chartered, the foundations for Lawrence’s three new accelerators already had been laid.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Like “The Good Wife,” the series from which “Elsbeth” sprang, “Cupertino” is a legal dramedy that grapples with — or at least exploits — current events and issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

They gathered to remember "a girl like no other" - a trailblazing rugby player whose exploits on the pitch were cruelly cut short by her death at just 33.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He was fascinated by the camera operators who followed his Mudcats exploits and asked them to teach him how they worked.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Beyond his exploits in Sao Paulo's financial hub Faria Lima, high-flying Vorcaro invested in real estate, pharmaceuticals, textiles and even soccer.

From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026

It was while the Westons were standing totally absorbed in the exploits of a powerful electro-magnet that Mrs. Weston suddenly became aware of the fact that Gloria was no longer with her.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

The hack probably isn’t; ShinyHunters claims to have exploited a flaw in software made by Oracle.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

Researchers have already shown that AI agents can autonomously exploit software vulnerabilities; in one experiment, a GPT-4 agent successfully exploited 73% of vulnerabilities without being given prior knowledge.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

He ran an operation involving sham modelling agencies that exploited the dreams of aspiring young models and their parents for more than eight years.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

In an article published in state media Sunday, Chinese state security minister Chen Yixin said AI brings threats—especially if exploited by foreign adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

They exploited understandable discrepancies between the bulletins and the individual in the courtroom—was there proof that this Benjamin Jones was the Benjamin Jones in question?

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

During a hearing over that issue last month, prosecutors revealed jailhouse recordings in which Lavie bragged about exploiting Cloobeck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

"There are individuals exploiting the lack of coordination between stores, between police forces and making vast sums of money," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

“They see a business opportunity, and they are not above exploiting it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“It would be exploiting the young, wouldn’t it?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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