as in playing (on or upon)
to take unfair advantage of
some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy
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First, locate the radiant to the left of the waning moon using a handy smartphone stargazing app.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
2 May 2026 -
Paller tried a similar experiment in 2009, this time using sound.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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Alexander Isak’s ability to stretch the pitch could give an under-strength Manchester United back line a problem, while Florian Wirtz is capable of exploiting space in between the lines.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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The human cost of finding and exploiting bugs may approach zero, but fixing them won’t.—
Evan Johnson,
IEEE Spectrum,
30 Apr. 2026
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According to a Reddit post from the company and a spokesperson, the Spectrum emails are legit and are part of the FBI’s effort to crack down on Russian hackers abusing 23 TP-Link router models.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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He was accused of abusing boys, a charge that went unproven but sullied his reputation in Europe.—
Amanda Rosa
Updated April 28,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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Wireless, Then Wires That means connectivity first, which even for carriers that don’t yet sell satellite-to-phone roaming increasingly means leveraging satellite service.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Frank’s son Darrell Corti took over the market in 1964, and immediately began leveraging his extensive knowledge of global food and wine to expand the market’s offerings, opening the current Folsom Street location in 1970.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2026
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This can involve pretending to be an IT customer support and manipulating an employee at a target company into handing over internal access.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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But even then, our team of artists got in there and just started manipulating things.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Cashing in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cashing%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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