egregious
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U.S. inspectors found egregious conditions at two Chinese factories making key components for compounded GLP-1 drugs popular in America, including black mold and “gross contamination” at one plant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
But all of this is uncharted territory for Congress, as Briffault explained: “The problem is, the laws have never been significantly enforced because they’ve never been violated in such an egregious way,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
The US government has described it as the "most egregious criminal act on American soil in modern history".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The egregious business decision drew instant ire from all sides.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
This is a conservative estimate, since the algorithm was able to identify only the most egregious form of cheating—in which teachers systematically changed students’ answers—and not the many subtler ways a teacher might cheat.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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