as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
unscrupulous people trying to milk the welfare system for all it's worth
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Recent Examples of milk
She was instructed to eventually milk them for money.
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most teams walked the ball upcourt on almost every possession and rarely, if ever, looked to create pace while milking the shot clock and playing slowdown basketball.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Helping a young farmer get started Forty miles north of Medford, in Catawba, Linda Ceylor has a dairy farm milking 40 cows that are also kept on pasture.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Few, if any, Marylanders are illegally milking the system, and now, those that truly need help will be left behind.
—Johnny Olszewski, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2025
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most teams walked the ball upcourt on almost every possession and rarely, if ever, looked to create pace while milking the shot clock and playing slowdown basketball.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Helping a young farmer get started Forty miles north of Medford, in Catawba, Linda Ceylor has a dairy farm milking 40 cows that are also kept on pasture.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Few, if any, Marylanders are illegally milking the system, and now, those that truly need help will be left behind.
—Johnny Olszewski, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for milk
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Opera has used the Neon name before for a concept browser back in 2017.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Others, however, believed that Johnson used his access as leverage in dealing with Bukele.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Based on a true story, an aristocrat close to the Viceroy of New Spain begins a series of murders in 1637 Mexico City, exploiting his status to avoid justice.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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These days, Howard has become a huge defensive liability, and the Rams made sure to exploit him.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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There were ugly scenes at the Bethpage golf course throughout yesterday’s second day of play as European players, McIlroy in particular, were routinely heckled and abused by rowdy fans, including while standing over shots.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
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The lawsuit further alleges that the airlines manipulated and abused the arrival rate system at DCA airport to force more arrivals per hour, despite knowing that doing so would reduce safety margins.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Kimmel’s return demonstrated average Americans do still have power, when leveraged together.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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With a 53-47 GOP majority, Democrats are leveraging their votes to demand negotiation.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Julie asked Jimmy Heagerty about where things stood with Mickey Lee, and Jimmy said Morgan did a great job manipulating Mickey into sending him home.—
David Wysong,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
29 Sep. 2025
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With its flexible solvers, Newton allows developers to simulate complex, real-world tasks ranging from walking on snow and gravel to manipulating fragile objects like cups and fruit.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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That deal dropped three charges of human trafficking and five additional counts of pimping from his case.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Evans, a Stockton resident, has prior pimping convictions from 2017, in Santa Clara County, and 2021, in San Joaquin County, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Milk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/milk. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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