Thesaurus results for MILK

milk

verb

Definition of milk

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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 In a slower season, something like Luke’s departure would have been milked for at least a whole episode, if not more. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 July 2026 As much as Kelly might be milking this attention, being subjected to such a high-level threat can arouse serious menace from the acolyte mobs. — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026 In Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, farmer Mindy Dean, 50, and her family will be milking their goats Saturday and maybe taking in some local fireworks. — ABC News, 2 July 2026 Visitors can salsa dance in Puerto Rico, milk a mechanical cow in Michigan, walk through an orange-scented citrus grove in Florida, practice their lasso skills in Wyoming, pick up Mardi Gras beads in Louisiana, send a postcard from West Virginia and peruse a Waffle House menu in Georgia. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for milk

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The Triglav Lodge, Slovenia’s highest-altitude guest hut at an elevation of 2,515 meters (8,251 feet), is using paper plates this summer to save water on dishes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Ukraine has been relatively successful at intercepting the massive numbers of drones that Russia uses in its large-scale attacks.

— Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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The film follows an 11-year-old boy who exploits his brother’s tragic death to fight his father and his community, until his lies expose the hypocrisy and corruption beneath a seemingly moral society.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Hockey players in the NHL are too good at probing their opponents for weakness and ruthlessly exploiting it.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploit

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Jarrett, the elder brother, was eventually taken in by a man who later abused him, a victimizer who then set his sights on Baylon.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Aug. 2026
Market power can be abused, and a transaction involving companies this significant deserves careful regulatory scrutiny.

— Cory Jacobson, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of abuse

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Schmieder advocates for leveraging biotechnology to create regenerative, resilient cities that partner with nature, rather than working against it.

— John Werner, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Grover added that Nuvation Bio will likely be able to accelerate revenue growth by leveraging its existing client base, particularly if taletrectinib proves to be effective as a first-line treatment for relatively long periods of time.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of leverage

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Artificial intelligence has enabled the rapid rise of such tools, capable of digitally manipulating photos with little effort.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In a country where current and former governors command massive grassroots support and are often accused of working with local electoral officials to manipulate election results, analysts say the defections could work in Tinubu’s favor.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of manipulate

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Robinson was originally convicted of one felony count of human trafficking and one felony count of pimping in November 2023 for allegedly trafficking a 22-year-old woman against her will, prosecutors said.

— Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Lake recalled Manson allegedly pimping her and the other women and girls in his cult to other adult men and brutally sodomizing her.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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