crooked
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Mr. Pappalardo has a novelist’s gifts for description and pacing, and his material—greedy entrepreneurs, crafty moonshiners, crooked politicos and jaded cops—is material any writer would welcome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
He successfully lobbied for laws in the U.S., the U.K. and European Union that provide financial sanctions against crooked foreign officials and human rights violators.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
My cheeks are crooked because I had something called a pilonidal cyst in my early 20s.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026
His exploits inspired Denzel Washington’s Oscar-winning turn as a crooked L.A. detective in the film “Training Day,” according to IMDb.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Alfhercht handed the notebook back to Ivan, who took it with trembling fingers, and then the elf crooked his thumb back toward the cave.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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