exploitative

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"The extractive industry is often exploitative and prone to gross human rights abuses that must be monitored and enforced," Julius Ogogoh, the director of the lobby group, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

"A ban does little to address underlying issues such as exploitative algorithms, and business models that drive harmful content and engagement," she said.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Mr. Dasgupta recommends not a return to empire—he exposes China’s exploitative, extractive relationships with African nations as little more than reheated Western colonialism—but what he calls a “new theology.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In early February 2026, after the large-scale release of most of the FBI’s material on Epstein, Chopra released a statement on X denying involvement in “any criminal or exploitative conduct” during his friendship with Epstein.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Saidy added that the media were exploitative in publishing the most hideous of Bobby’s statements, that the press should leave him alone.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady