exploitation
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Sarah said a decline in her mental health, a need for medication and growing vulnerability left her open to exploitation.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
The event’s mission is buried while its exploitation continues to be valuable currency.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Several US states have passed laws prohibiting such use, though many apply primarily to malicious or commercial exploitation.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Nothing about the very obvious messages here—about colonialism, religious fanaticism, institutionalized violence and the exploitation of native peoples—amounts to a news flash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
All these techniques, though developed for the exploitation of wild cereals, were prerequisites to the planting of cereals as crops.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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