exploitation

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They said they view the situation as an example of captive market exploitation and economic coercion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

"Secondly, there is a danger that policymakers will approve the premature exploitation of raw materials on planets, with the risk of irreversibly destroying unnoticed life."

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

Kenya opened a tender in April for the exploitation of Mrima Hill in Kwale County, estimated to contain 5.8 million tonnes of niobium and 48.7 million tonnes of rare earth elements.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

It showed that the world’s largest economy wasn’t inevitable but was built over 250 years through ingenuity, exploitation, ambition, luck, government choices, private risk-taking and constant reinvention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

The terrifying thought that Adolf Hitler might beat the Allies to exploitation of the atom’s destructive capacity had prompted many eminent scientists, including numerous refugees from Nazi Germany, to participate willingly in the Manhattan Project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik