as in used
to take unfair advantage of
some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy
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The official told Semafor that other frontier AI companies are close to an agreement allowing them to be used in classified settings.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Diesel is the fuel used by the trucks owned or hired by private companies in Cuba to transport food and other supplies from the Port of Mariel in Havana to their warehouses, and then to other private businesses, such as restaurants and small grocery stores around the country.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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One of the victims was 16 when Shroats allegedly abused her.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The robots get stuck in potholes, can’t reach doorbells and are sometimes abused by humans.—
Nilesh Christopher,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Such a vision remains a tough sell for artists who feel their work has already been exploited.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Granted, Arsenal are the league leaders, and not every team will be as adept at picking apart Tottenham’s defence, but there were alarming signs in the opening minutes that a lack of structure was there to be exploited.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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These were the headline successes that Son leveraged to create the SoftBank Vision Fund in 2017.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Israel’s technological dominance must be leveraged to anchor alliances and shape global supply chains.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Fix it Melissa Kingston, who serves as City Plan Commissioner for District 14, which includes parts of downtown and Uptown, said Saturday the report was deliberately manipulated to justify demolition rather than preservation.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Months later, however, there is no public evidence that data has been manipulated, and Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst, said any tampering would likely be detected by private forecasters and civilian employees.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Cashed in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cashed%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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