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[ek-sploit, ik-sploit] / ˈɛk splɔɪt, ɪkˈsplɔɪt /




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"It did not just attack Hugging Face. It actually attacked its internal system to exploit its own vulnerabilities," Abbass said.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Former England wing Chris Ashton believes this pattern of ill-discipline is a weakness opposition teams will look to exploit.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Another way to exploit the AI evolution is available for investors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

Under Pochettino, the U.S. approach was defined by an aggressive pressing system and tactical fluidity, with the team building from a back-three structure that freed its wing backs to exploit overloads when pushing forward.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Selling slowly evolved into hustling because Sizwe saw all the angles and knew how to exploit them.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

With all due respect to the heartwarming Cinderellas of this tournament, the reason we tune in every four years isn’t to witness the exploits of Cape Verde or Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

But given the 35-year-old Briton is best known for lobbing Roger Federer on Centre Court, he knows his 2016 Wimbledon exploits will follow him for the rest of his life.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The oil man’s exploits take place more than a century ago, but seem particularly relevant now with Musk newly minted as the world’s first trillionaire and income inequality rapidly widening.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

His exploits that summer led to Stokes being named as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Those near me informed me that he made the drum speak, and that it chanted the praise-songs of his people in ancient times and their exploits martial.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Patel’s style has been built around dark insinuation, and in this case his phrasing was official enough to seem consequential, yet vague enough to be exploited.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

The lawsuit claims that Liu did not return an Apple-issued work laptop and exploited a “rare, previously unknown” bug to access Apple’s shared network folders while employed at OpenAI.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

He is far from the only public figure whose identity has been exploited by scammers.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

US attorney Sean S Buckley told the BBC: "Rather than being satisfied with the many legitimate opportunities afforded to him, Guo exploited the trust that thousands had placed in him for his own greed."

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

This business of saving souls had no ethics; every human relationship was shamelessly exploited.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Whether the genre is romantasy or autofiction, making up stories often demands making up stories about real people — exploiting them — to serve a narrative purpose.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

A Treasury official said the U.S. dollar shipments to Iraq resumed after Baghdad committed to additional safeguards to prevent militia groups from exploiting the country’s financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Researchers have found that by exploiting quantum coherence, it may be possible to create engines that exceed those classical limits.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The researchers devised a market-beating strategy for exploiting this discovery, buying those stocks that their LLM suggested would rise as the market fully discounted the pure news, and shorting stocks the model projected would fall.

From MarketWatch Jul. 4, 2026

I think, he thought, they’re exploiting me sort of.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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