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We consider it to be predatory advertising because it’s incessant and it glamorizes gambling. – Felicia Grondin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
One unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic. – Diane Yentel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic. – Diane Yentel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There are 18 states and the District of Columbia that have banned payday loans and have survived just fine without these predatory lending products, there are fair and responsible lending products that have low interest rates and fees that are available and that people can use. – Nadine Chabrier	Found on CNN 1 year ago
For my part and from one video and no toxicology, I’d still say the most probable cause is the flock murmurating to avoid a predatory raptor and hitting the ground. – Alexander Lees	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
It was inexcusable for the then-executives of the Chicago Blackhawks organization to delay taking action regarding the reported sexual misconduct. No playoff game or championship is more important than protecting our players and staff from predatory behavior. – The Blackhawks	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The more we looked at the footprint and toe impression shapes and proportions, the less they resembled tracks made by predatory dinosaurs -- this monster dinosaur was definitely a much friendlier plant-eater. – Hendrik Klein	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I’m very concerned that this appears, that it could be more appeasement from the Biden Administration, more capitulation, huawei is an aggressive predatory company. It’s backed by the Chinese Communist Party. We have given up leverage today. – Bill Hagerty	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
To choose an 18-year-old boy as opposed to somebody her own age, it appears to have a predatory context. – Matt Dickson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thanks to Secretary Cardona and President President Joe Biden, thousands of former ITT students will finally get the relief Secretary Cardona and President Biden've been owed for far too long. At the same time, there are countless others who attended other predatory institutions who are still waiting. – Student Defense	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Strategic risk reduction can be good, but up to a point, akin to basic hygiene. The central issue is that Beijing is hostile, predatory and highly capable, so the US must organize to defend and push back across the board. The Joe Biden administration has said that they plan to do The Biden administration. So while setting up a phone line can be useful, we shouldn't sink too much significant into it. – David Feith	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. – Sir Winston Churchill	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. The Lincoln Project Predator is The Lincoln Project Predator, a liar, and an abuser, we extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by The Lincoln Project Predator deplorable and predatory behavior. We are disgusted and outraged that someone in a position of power and trust would use it for these means. – The Lincoln Project	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Hedge funds have a long history of predatory conduct and that conduct is entirely indefensible. – Maxine Waters	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are very much looking forward to the opportunity President-elect has to lead the way on protecting privacy, and bring the tech companies abusing privacy practices to account, we need regulators that protect consumers, workers, and communities of color against predatory surveillance and privacy malpractice - and represent the interests of the people, not corporations. – Jane Chung	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The tactics we are facing, of sneaky and illegal foreclosure tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who take campaign contributions from the real estate industry, coupled with violence from law enforcement and no real due process, have been used across this historically Black neighborhood to displace Black and poor people, if Black and Indigenous lives matter in Portland, this must stop. – Julie Metcalf Kinney	Found on CNN 3 years ago
You can't pass a law to target any segment of a population. It has to be equitable, in Opa-locka, we're a predominately African-American and Hispanic community. When you pass laws like that, they can seem predatory if not carefully implemented. – Vice Mayor Chris Davis	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Hell ants have two features found in no living species : highly specialized scythe-like mandibles and a wide diversity of horns that are present on what is essentially the forehead, one reason these fossils are compelling is that, today, we have about 15,000 known species of ants with all kinds of adaptations, from agricultural leaf-cutter ants with scissor-like mouthparts to army ants specialized as nomadic predatory raiders. – Phillip Barden	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal. – Jacqueline Bisset	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
Decriminalization begins the process of healing past harms while also forgoing the creation of a new, predatory industry keen on marketing extremely potent marijuana products. – Kevin Sabet	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We believe that these rules are cruel and irresponsible, these practices are used as predator control methods, which means they're used to suppress predatory species to artificially elevate the population of game species. – Theresa Pierno	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Predatory scammers continue to prey on consumer fear by peddling these counterfeit or unapproved and potentially dangerous products as legitimate COVID-19 protective equipment or medicines. – Casey Durst	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Uber is a notoriously predatory company that has long denied its drivers a living wage. Its attempt to acquire Grubhub - which has a history of exploiting local restaurants through deceptive tactics and extortionate fees - marks a new low in pandemic profiteering. – David Cicilline	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
There are various objectives and motivations that lie behind these attacks, from fraud on one hand to espionage, but they tend to be designed to steal bulk personal data, intellectual property and wider information that supports those aims, they're often linked with other state actors, and we expect this kind of predatory criminal behaviour to continue and to evolve over the coming weeks and months ahead, and we're taking a range of measures to tackle that threat. – Dominic Raab	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

We consider it to be predatory advertising because it’s incessant and it glamorizes gambling.

– Felicia Grondin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

– Diane Yentel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is a tremendous power imbalance in our housing system that tilts heavily in favor of landlords at the expense of low-income and other marginalized renters, putting families at greater risk of housing instability and homelessness and fueling racial inequity. one unfortunate omission from the White House Blueprint is any administrative action to hold corporate landlords accountable for egregious, predatory and often unlawful behavior during and since the pandemic.

– Diane Yentel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There are 18 states and the District of Columbia that have banned payday loans and have survived just fine without these predatory lending products, there are fair and responsible lending products that have low interest rates and fees that are available and that people can use.

– Nadine Chabrier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For my part and from one video and no toxicology, I’d still say the most probable cause is the flock murmurating to avoid a predatory raptor and hitting the ground.

– Alexander Lees

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It was inexcusable for the then-executives of the Chicago Blackhawks organization to delay taking action regarding the reported sexual misconduct. No playoff game or championship is more important than protecting our players and staff from predatory behavior.

– The Blackhawks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The more we looked at the footprint and toe impression shapes and proportions, the less they resembled tracks made by predatory dinosaurs -- this monster dinosaur was definitely a much friendlier plant-eater.

– Hendrik Klein

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I’m very concerned that this appears, that it could be more appeasement from the Biden Administration, more capitulation, huawei is an aggressive predatory company. It’s backed by the Chinese Communist Party. We have given up leverage today.

– Bill Hagerty

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

To choose an 18-year-old boy as opposed to somebody her own age, it appears to have a predatory context.

– Matt Dickson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thanks to Secretary Cardona and President President Joe Biden, thousands of former ITT students will finally get the relief Secretary Cardona and President Biden've been owed for far too long. At the same time, there are countless others who attended other predatory institutions who are still waiting.

– Student Defense

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Strategic risk reduction can be good, but up to a point, akin to basic hygiene. The central issue is that Beijing is hostile, predatory and highly capable, so the US must organize to defend and push back across the board. The Joe Biden administration has said that they plan to do The Biden administration. So while setting up a phone line can be useful, we shouldn't sink too much significant into it.

– David Feith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

– Sir Winston Churchill

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

John Weaver led a secret life that was built on a foundation of deception at every level. The Lincoln Project Predator is The Lincoln Project Predator, a liar, and an abuser, we extend our deepest sympathies to those who were targeted by The Lincoln Project Predator deplorable and predatory behavior. We are disgusted and outraged that someone in a position of power and trust would use it for these means.

– The Lincoln Project

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Hedge funds have a long history of predatory conduct and that conduct is entirely indefensible.

– Maxine Waters

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We are very much looking forward to the opportunity President-elect has to lead the way on protecting privacy, and bring the tech companies abusing privacy practices to account, we need regulators that protect consumers, workers, and communities of color against predatory surveillance and privacy malpractice - and represent the interests of the people, not corporations.

– Jane Chung

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The tactics we are facing, of sneaky and illegal foreclosure tactics, predatory banking and loans, elected judges who take campaign contributions from the real estate industry, coupled with violence from law enforcement and no real due process, have been used across this historically Black neighborhood to displace Black and poor people, if Black and Indigenous lives matter in Portland, this must stop.

– Julie Metcalf Kinney

Found on CNN
3 years ago

You can't pass a law to target any segment of a population. It has to be equitable, in Opa-locka, we're a predominately African-American and Hispanic community. When you pass laws like that, they can seem predatory if not carefully implemented.

– Vice Mayor Chris Davis

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Hell ants have two features found in no living species : highly specialized scythe-like mandibles and a wide diversity of horns that are present on what is essentially the forehead, one reason these fossils are compelling is that, today, we have about 15,000 known species of ants with all kinds of adaptations, from agricultural leaf-cutter ants with scissor-like mouthparts to army ants specialized as nomadic predatory raiders.

– Phillip Barden

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

– Jacqueline Bisset

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

Decriminalization begins the process of healing past harms while also forgoing the creation of a new, predatory industry keen on marketing extremely potent marijuana products.

– Kevin Sabet

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We believe that these rules are cruel and irresponsible, these practices are used as predator control methods, which means they're used to suppress predatory species to artificially elevate the population of game species.

– Theresa Pierno

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Predatory scammers continue to prey on consumer fear by peddling these counterfeit or unapproved and potentially dangerous products as legitimate COVID-19 protective equipment or medicines.

– Casey Durst

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Uber is a notoriously predatory company that has long denied its drivers a living wage. Its attempt to acquire Grubhub - which has a history of exploiting local restaurants through deceptive tactics and extortionate fees - marks a new low in pandemic profiteering.

– David Cicilline

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

There are various objectives and motivations that lie behind these attacks, from fraud on one hand to espionage, but they tend to be designed to steal bulk personal data, intellectual property and wider information that supports those aims, they're often linked with other state actors, and we expect this kind of predatory criminal behaviour to continue and to evolve over the coming weeks and months ahead, and we're taking a range of measures to tackle that threat.

– Dominic Raab

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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