exploit

Example Sentences

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It may be nearly too much to handle, but Antosca is from New Orleans and says he found it easy to exploit the Southern Gothic sensibilities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Most states have price-gouging laws precisely because they’ve decided there are limits to how much companies can exploit desperate circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

One driver of the shift was Anthropic’s limited April release of Claude Mythos — with that model withheld from the general public because of its ability to autonomously find and exploit software vulnerabilities.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

By late May, those early partners had already used Mythos to uncover more than 10,000 serious security weaknesses that hackers could exploit to cause real damage.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

“Joey’s exploit saved the lives of all those men who were rushing to save us,” Gertie later wrote.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly