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Recent Examples of loophole
Meanwhile, loophole lawyers on the state Supreme Judicial Court have so far sided with the legislature in a one judge decision denying DiZoglio’s request for a special assistant attorney general to represent her in court.
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
This past week, however, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel told the United States Senate that his agency is exploiting a loophole to gather information on Americans.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
The other loophole provides up to 63 days of darkness for the identities of police officers who claim to be crime victims themselves.
—Martin Dyckman, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Private businesses operate poker rooms through a legal loophole.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
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Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 23 Mar. 2026
This past week, however, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel told the United States Senate that his agency is exploiting a loophole to gather information on Americans.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 22 Mar. 2026
The other loophole provides up to 63 days of darkness for the identities of police officers who claim to be crime victims themselves.
—Martin Dyckman, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
Private businesses operate poker rooms through a legal loophole.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loophole
Noun
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Photos and video show the explorers squeezing through jagged crevices deep inside the karsts, using flashlights to guide them further along an otherwise pitch-black maze of rocky burrows.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Add it to the growing canvases of her daughters playing at the sea, climbing the rocks, placing their tiny hands in the crevices of the walls surrounding the house.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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While data breaches and hacks can trigger financial loss and chaos—from data-wiping to hospital shutdowns—the activities usually stop short of causing widespread loss of life or devastating physical destruction.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Gulf states stressed that attacks launched from Iraqi territory by armed factions and proxies loyal to Iran were a particular grievance, and a breach of international law.—
Holly Ellyatt,Emma Graham,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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The rift is compounded by a difference in strategy on the midterm elections that came to a head earlier this year.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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John said the rift between father and son stems from Tyson’s decision to fight Oleksandr Usyk twice.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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The result is a three-dimensional effect with the interplay of light in the slits creating shifting hues.—
David Szondy
March 28,
New Atlas,
28 Mar. 2026
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An hour goes by, and then, through a slit in the curtains, Miley Cyrus flashes a smile and tips her oversize black sunglasses.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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But last week, what may have been cracks in the picture-perfect presentation of this demographic of Utah women became a major fissure when a 2023 video of Paul throwing metal barstools at her ex-partner, Dakota Mortenson, while her child is in the room surfaced online.—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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The measurement donnybrook is the latest fissure between Nielsen and its media client base.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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The budget includes cuts to about 568 positions, resulting in slashes to currently vacant positions but also including hundreds of layoffs.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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The second section begins, not too long after, with the narrator having just participated in a memorial-slash-symposium in Madrid honoring Thomas’s life and influence.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Jenner shared her Oscars look first on social media, sharing a video of herself Sunday in a Schiaparelli gown featuring a halter neck and keyhole cutout below the chest.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The jaw-dropping creation featured a plunging neckline, actual keyhole cutout, and figure-hugging silhouette.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
15 Mar. 2026
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The closeness between the Guards and the clerical regime over the past 20 years, Riboua argued, means a large ideological split from the old regime may not be forthcoming.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2026
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Alexander is the first NBC journalist to cross over to MS NOW since the split.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Loophole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loophole. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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