Example Sentences

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His advertising agency, he said, was profiting as companies race to fill the vacuum left by Western corporations that pulled out of Russia.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

Evidence at the Connecticut trial showed his sales spiked around the time he talked about the Sandy Hook shooting — leading the plaintiffs’ lawyers to say he was profiting off the tragedy.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2022

When everyone around him was profiting from their positions, why shouldn't he?

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2022

But sociologist Spencer Sunshine, who authored the Oregon Wild report, told Mother Jones that the group was "profiting off of an extremist space and refusing to distance from it while posing as mainstream organization."

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2020

That wind bag had somehow, probably by mere accident, met the only girl on earth, taken base advantage of his likeness to one Jim Gollop, and was profiting thereby!

From Mixed Faces by Norton, Roy