loophole

Unlimited debate wasn’t an accident or a loophole.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Authorities wanted to close what some consider a legal loophole allowing cardrooms to offer blackjack and games in which players play against the house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

McMahon said the government wanted to "close the loophole" in the 1971 act, but said legal advice was needed to say whether any change could apply retrospectively and therefore allow Ahmed to be deported.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Under a special federal-tax loophole for wealthy people who take senior appointments in the federal government, he would have been able to do so without paying capital-gains tax.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Now they were trying to seize control of GSS by exploiting a loophole in Halliday’s will.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The loopholes have been glaring at the Ram temple, with the accused reportedly taking advantage of weak counting processes and surveillance lapses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The section’s vague language and many loopholes could have a chilling effect on any research that studies the effects of a disease, policy or public health intervention on any specific group of people, Rafla-Yuan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Some sanctions are subject to loopholes by design.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Better to bone up on all the rules and loopholes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026

“There’s too many loopholes in here,” he declared, twice.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Any legislation however altruistic is loopholed to death.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2018

Swaney loopholed her way into a spot in the skiing halfpipe for Hungary and then cautiously coasted down the course.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2018

The small tanks streamed last week up the mountain road while Pathans in their little loopholed houses peered out goggle-eyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heavy gold was stowed into armored trucks, ominously loopholed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The church, convent, and stone homes round the Plaza of Perez Dasmariñas were loopholed and prepared for defence, and occupied by a garrison of two companies of infantry.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

Author Stern began explaining the not-so-fine art of legal tax loopholing nine years ago in The Great Treasury Raid.

From Time Magazine Archive

They went to work, however, with a will, and for more than two hours employed themselves in loopholing the walls and constructing barricades between the two houses.

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

These he made use of as forts, throwing into them little garrisons, and loopholing the walls.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

The enemy’s position was naturally strong, and was rendered more so by blockhouses, a stone fort and entrenchments cut in solid rock, and the loopholing of a solidly built stone church.

From The Boys of '98 by Otis, James