as in to use
to take unfair advantage of
the candidate played on the voters' prejudices
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These artifacts provide a fascinating glimpse into the craftsmanship and design of helmets used by early Scandinavian societies.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Still, its clarity prompted Corbet to use 16 mm film in some montages and then blow it up to 70 mm for exhibition.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2025
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The isolation tank, communicating with other species, all of these things had very early roots in (the question) how can this be exploited?—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
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This is more dangerous than social media’s AI custom-delivering generally available videos to teens that exploit their anxieties to keep them online.—
Robert Fellmeth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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During the tantrum, the child verbally abuses the parent and also destroys property within the home.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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The series concluded earlier in January after exploring how Grace, who was legally proven to be 21 years old, was abused by two adoptive families before finding her current fresh start with a new family, Vincent and Nicole DePaul.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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In short, Olivia functions as a digital health hub, leveraging AI to interpret complex health data.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2025
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In effect, law enforcement opportunistically leveraged the crisis to justify large-scale crackdowns against Latinx noncitizens as a whole.—
V.N. Trinh / Made by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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The 18-episode season made Laura’s death feel almost world-historic, peeling back the layers to reveal a grand, mythological evil manipulating events into shape.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The content is manipulated to appeal to potential lone-wolf recruits in the U.S. to start retribution against Israel's supporters in the U.S., particularly the Jewish community.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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