obscenity
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"We're running out of words to describe the obscenity of these numbers," Greenpeace political campaigner Rudy Schulkind said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
The commission sets rules for disclosing sponsors, emergency broadcasts, and content regarding obscenity and decency.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
That this is a grotesque obscenity and cannot be allowed to continue?
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
The film, among the first to receive an X rating, was the subject of 23 prosecutions for obscenity, which didn’t get in the way of it becoming a breakout hit in 1968.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medical reasons to utter an obscenity.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Saeed Habiba, the head of Iran’s Student Affairs Organization, said universities won’t tolerate what he called obscenities and illegal acts and that some students have been summoned and charged with unspecified offenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Beyond the melting shadows of the arena, gladiatrices would have heard thousands of faceless spectators howl obscenities, felt the heat of their breath, and smelled the mass of bodies raging in the night.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Montana law already protects minors from exposure to obscenities, the plaintiffs argued.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Attempts have been made to cover it over, but some of the obscenities can still be read.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023
He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word “postmodernist.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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