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However initial indications suggest that the hackers were discriminating about who they chose to break into, according to two people familiar with the wave of corporate cybersecurity investigations being launched Monday morning.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2020
He asked Trump whether this meant that U.S. officials were discriminating against Christians.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2016
Some customers were discriminating enough to look for them.
From Time ● Oct. 7, 2014
John Phelan, a spokesman for the European Consumers’ Organization, a Brussels group, said Mrs. Kroes’s fact-finding mission overlooked a wealth of evidence that European operators were discriminating against rival services and high-volume mobile users.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2011
The vast audience was enthusiastic: several of them also were discriminating in their praise.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore
