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Recent Examples of extort
The Mexico City men’s clothing store owner didn’t know who was extorting him.
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Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Using Deepfakes For Extortion And Deception Hackers are using AI to create deepfakes to extort execs and voice signatures to trick employees.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
President Donald Trump has already silenced ABC, CBS, and Facebook, extorting millions of dollars from them for offending him.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The award stems from findings that Geragos helped Avenatti to try and extort Nike, breaching his duty to Franklin.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
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Fabiola Sánchez, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Using Deepfakes For Extortion And Deception Hackers are using AI to create deepfakes to extort execs and voice signatures to trick employees.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
President Donald Trump has already silenced ABC, CBS, and Facebook, extorting millions of dollars from them for offending him.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
The award stems from findings that Geragos helped Avenatti to try and extort Nike, breaching his duty to Franklin.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extort
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While many have expressed relief that schools are being encouraged — and in some cases coerced — to adopt policies to stem antisemitism, some are also concerned that the effort is also compromising free expression on campuses.—
Grace Gilson,
Sun Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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But, as archaeologist Sean Winter writes, also like in the US, the reality involves a lot of people coerced into laboring for the benefit of the most powerful.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ewers was impressive finding A.J. Henning on one throw and squeezed a pass into a tight window to running back Ollie Gordon II.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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To squeeze all this into exactly 100 days between Wrexham staging a promotion party after last season had ended and Tuesday’s cup tie against Hull is impressive.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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This was especially true in 1930s Hollywood, when sound cinema was still finding its voice, its audience, and its standing amid a society wringing hands over the extent of its power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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The crisis has echoes of past humanitarian crises that left presidents wringing their hands over how to respond. ▪ Time magazine: The malnutrition crisis in Gaza will outlive the war, experts warn.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
31 July 2025
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Players describe it as exacting but fair, with long-iron approaches into demanding Bermuda greens.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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Progress in this exacting specialty demands humility and an unwavering commitment to self-improvement.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Xi’s reforms wrested operational control from the services and handed it over to a novel command structure that is streamlined and reflects Xi’s dual emphasis on strict party control and joint operations.—
JONATHAN A. CZIN,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Aug. 2025
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In addition to these billions, the Trump Administration on July 22 also wrested from Japan a commitment to invest more than $550 billion in the United States.—
Jane Swift,
Fortune,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Extort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extort. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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