exploitation

Example Sentences

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“Continued exploitation and denial of their freedom is making them worse, and time is running out!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Back-to-back rulings this week found Meta liable for factors such as failing to protect children from exploitation and operating addictive platforms.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

The government says the bill intends to "streamline" the existing framework, plug implementation gaps and better protect vulnerable groups by strengthening penalties for exploitation, forced identity and trafficking.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” dramatized the suffering and exploitation of farmers migrating to California from the drought-ridden Dust Bowl of Oklahoma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

I knew that Burt had been a close associate of Hale’s who had been enmeshed in the systematic exploitation of the Osage.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann