weaponize
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The $20,000 may be just a way he can weaponize his mother’s kindness, if that is indeed what it was.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
At the very least, the ad is a slimy attempt to weaponize a family dispute.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Thursday, France's minister delegate for international trade, Nicolas Forissier, told AFP that countries have found common ground "on the fact that it's not acceptable to weaponize food and agriculture" in conflicts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He also addressed the accusations of antisemitism, writing that "one of the most effective ways to enforce silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
As frontier models automate vulnerability discovery at machine scale, security chiefs scramble to automate patching before hackers weaponize flaws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Yet her warning extends beyond navigation: Can time itself be weaponized?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It also has been criticized for sometimes being weaponized by opponents of a project, including housing developments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
But El-Sayed ably weaponized these resources against Stevens, making her financial superiority the core of his argument against her.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
AI agents can churn out code with security flaws or be weaponized by bad actors to hack into computer systems.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Indeed, they felt it their duty to disabuse me of my weaponized history.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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On the one hand, they are weaponizing your acts of kindness, like driving Daniel to medical appointments, as acts of control and perhaps attempts to infantilize him.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
I’d spent my youth defending “The Devil Wears Prada” with my life, trying to convince detractors weaponizing the words “chick flick” about its brilliance since the wise, old age of 12.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
Until now, the country has largely refrained from weaponizing its financial sector against its neighbor across the Persian Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
“The volume, coordination, and repetition signal a deliberate strategy to nationalize a local race by weaponizing bigotry as a turnout engine,” the group’s report says.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2025
Jones accuses Abel and Nathan of weaponizing the controversy to “drive a wedge” between her and Baldoni, isolating her in the industry and damaging her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
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