Example Sentences
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The cyber teams found that some of the ships are running pirated software for business- management and navigation purposes that is loaded with malware.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
On Friday, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance accusing it of supplying Seedance with a "pirated library" of the studio's copyrighted characters, including those from Marvel and Star Wars.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
On one balcony, a recording of Nina Simone’s soulful 1965 rendition of the spiritual “Sinnerman” is set over pirated archival footage of the Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War protests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
"When a film is accessible to a hundred people on a platform with poor security, it can quickly be pirated and circulated everywhere," said Mustapha, the censor board secretary.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
On board the ship, the speakers are playing an electronic track pirated from an unreleased Frankie Dena album.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
