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“The pine tortoise scale has been exploiting a veritable highway of pine trees along the coast, finding its way into a city stacked with them,” said Roberto Scacchi, another Rome-based activist.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

It’s unclear whether there’s a plan to address the famous family group of grizzly bears that has been exploiting human-related foods.

From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2020

The National Football League has been exploiting patriotism since the second Super Bowl game, in January 1968 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, where Air Force jets staged a pregame flyover.

From Slate • May 31, 2018

Without a firm trademark stake over these marks, FEA has been exploiting a different protection maneuver -- claiming that products that bear Sheen's words violate his publicity rights.

From Reuters • Mar. 18, 2011

Under the guise of expansion of trade this invisible wealth has been exploiting the most vital interests of foreign countries.

From The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by Partridge, G.E.