impropriety
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In June 2025, weekly newsletter Air Mail published accusations of impropriety against Leto by nine women, which he denied.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Last year Air Mail published accusations against Leto of impropriety by nine women, though he denied those claims at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
There is no evidence that Chopra observed any impropriety during his friendship with Jackson.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
But allegations of corruption and impropriety have surfaced, as reported by The Wall Street Journal in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
In part, people accused her of impropriety because she shared her home with both her husband and her ex-husband.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
A wide-ranging probe by the department’s internal watchdog is scrutinizing potential improprieties in the contracting process, including evidence of personal enrichment by top officials, report Tarini Parti, Josh Dawsey, Michelle Hackman and Summer Said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
That sounds a lot like what Dodgers president Stan Kasten said Friday, amid a federal investigation into alleged financial improprieties among insurance companies controlled by Dodgers owner Mark Walter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
"We remain firmly committed to workplaces free of improprieties and unproductive environments."
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
He’d been ousted from the Bears club, presumably because of the financial improprieties, and now he was coaching an adult group, called a masters team, on the university campus.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2024
It is delightful, in fact, to see the gusto with which they anticipate innuendoes, and meet improprieties half way, with all the well-bred composure of the most fashionable audience.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
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