sordid
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Appeared in the February 18, 2026, print edition as 'HBO’s Sordid Kentucky Tale'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
My first exposure to him was in one of my favorite movies Sordid Lives!
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022
A Very Sordid Wedding Family members stir up their small Texas town by protesting an Anti-Equality Rally and defending gay marriage.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2017
Sordid details of his trial in the city of Perm were published in the media outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda, where one of the few public photos of him appeared.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2017
Sordid and foul as it appears by daylight, there was a charm and romance to it under the lantern-lights that softened the darkness.
From Blindfolded by Walcott, Earle Ashley
Vocabulary lists containing sordid
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Grade 12, List 2
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