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scandal

[skan-dl] / ˈskæn dl /


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She is co-author of "UNACCEPTABLE: Privilege, Deceit and the Making of the College Admissions Scandal," published by Penguin Portfolio in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Appeared in the November 28, 2025, print edition as 'Fresh Scandal Forces Lloyd’s of London to Confront Controversial Past'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

His first feature film Scandal, made in 1989, established him as a director worth hiring, and was swiftly followed by Memphis Belle which included a young Matthew Modine as Captain Dennis Dearborn.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

She added that they were "delighted" to welcome his grandson - who is the author of a new book, After Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal - to receive the library card on his behalf.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

Kyle had just finished a pretty cool story called “A Scandal in Bohemia,” about a king who was going to get married to a royal heiress with maybe six names.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein




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