as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
thanks for offering your own bed, but I wouldn't dream of imposing on you and will be perfectly happy on the couch
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And Anthropic isn’t actually opposed to using AI to deploy autonomous weapons.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
28 Feb. 2026 -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon would use the Defense Production Act to access Anthropic’s technologies regardless of the company’s decision.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Epstein, a career criminal and con artist, saw weakness in the rich and powerful and exploited it, and his emails are an incredible map of elites, and of their wealth and power.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Manosphere influencers and politicians alike are exploiting young men’s vulnerability, stirring resentment against women.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
23 Feb. 2026
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These violent online groups have allegedly abused hundreds of mostly female minor victims worldwide, according to Homeland Security Investigations.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Giuffre Roberts became a lightning rod to many people who said they'd been abused or trafficked by Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
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And ever since taking the leap, the 30-year-old has been leveraging both his athletic prowess and STEM skills in the banking industry.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
22 Feb. 2026
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By leveraging its presence at the World Defense Show, Hyundai Rotem is making the case that hydrogen fuel cells have moved beyond the prototype phase and into the realm of operational viability.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 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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Bills in the House and Senate would ban attempts to manipulate or alter the weather, like cloud seeding.—
Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Impose (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impose%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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