were exploiting
- past progressive of exploit.
Example Sentences
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At a November 2023 hearing, Anthony Barnes Sr. said his daughter and son-in-law were exploiting Bell for money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
In court, government prosecutors and civil plaintiffs have alleged that Infosys and Tata were exploiting the guest workers they brought to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
UN special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, agreed that groups in Darfur were "exploiting the situation and pursuing their own conflicts".
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2023
Around the same time, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers sought to review whether diplomats were exploiting protections that allowed them to receive bags, boxes and containers in the United States without inspection.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022
Holland and England were exploiting new lands by the use of companies; there was no good reason why France should not do likewise.
From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett
