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His critics say his decision to threaten some journalists with libel writs, when they were exposing information about him, was outrageous.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2023

In a speech to the Human Rights Council following a trip to Ukraine last week, Turk said that Russian strikes were exposing millions of people to "extreme hardship".

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2022

In real time his critics labeled his hate and his ignorance — which were his steppingstones to fame and riches — for what they were, exposing them and pushing back at him.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2021

But we also recognized that grocery-store employees, transit operators, agricultural workers and many others were exposing themselves to danger to help feed, protect and serve the rest of us.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2020

They should have remembered, too, that they were exposing to attack what was unfortunately the one vulnerable part of Mary's character.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron