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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And Anthropic isn’t actually opposed to using AI to deploy autonomous weapons.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026 -
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions wrote to the family offering to review the decision to drop the charges – using new evidence if any is obtained by the NSW Police.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Multiple people briefed on the discussions pointed to a rising trend of teams exploiting a loophole by which players on the offensive line for a punt are not required to wear a jersey number from 50 to 79, leading to sneaky fake punt plays.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, hundreds of thousands of men have sought to avoid conscription by leaving the country, hiding from authorities or exploiting legal exemptions.—
Elizaveta Gaufman,
The Conversation,
21 Feb. 2026
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While multiple members of the network have been arrested in recent years, thousands of members are still spread across the globe abusing children.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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Farmer reported Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to law enforcement in 1996 for abusing her and her younger sister in New York City.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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These collaborations are intended to drive breakthroughs from concept to real-world deployment, leveraging ORNL’s unique assets such as its microgrid testbeds, digital twin environments, and extensive energy science capabilities.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Feb. 2026
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There is little doubt that Paramount Skydance will make massive cuts to WBD operations for the sake of de-leveraging the balance sheet.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at the company, then known as Facebook, proposed a public audit of design features that might contribute to compulsive use of the platform in the fall of 2018, citing growing public concern that tech companies were intentionally manipulating users, according to the documents.—
CNN,
Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Employees at the company, then known as Facebook, proposed a public audit of design features that might contribute to compulsive use of the platform in the fall of 2018, citing growing public concern that tech companies were intentionally manipulating users, according to the documents.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
23 Feb. 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 28 Feb. 2026.
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