Example Sentences

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"Networks and streamers have been exploiting people for too long," she said, arguing those who appear on reality programmes should be unionised.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025

“We have almost no statutory privacy protections in this country, and powerful institutions have been exploiting that for so long that we have begun to act as if it’s normal,” Tucker said.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2022

Lately, owners and agencies have been exploiting a loophole in rental regulations that allows a homeowner to rent out a spare room only occasionally.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

This gives them the power to run down the clock – and both have been exploiting this for different reasons.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2019

My paper has been congratulating me, you know, sir, in a wholesale fashion, and I think-I feel sure-that they have been exploiting my name all over the country as the Heroic Rescuer.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen