dubious
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Being a Cane’s newbie, I felt dubious about this pitch.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Last year the bridge was given the dubious honour by Network Rail as the most bashed in Britain, after it was was struck 22 times between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But others are still dubious that the city will fulfill its promises — or that the project itself will ever be finished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
That dubious award would go to the Venezuelan Big Mac.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
She’d seemed dubious, because even the description had upset me, but she went back to the store and bought the entire series in hardcover.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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