infamy
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They were often motivated by a desire for infamy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Dead City’s infamy spread throughout local law enforcement as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack that president Franklin D. Roosevelt said would live "in infamy."
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
It was a boost from the blog for Tosh’s show that launched Black’s video to infamy.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026
If the gods were good, Lannister’s severed head was halfway back to King’s Landing by now, but more like the dwarf was hale and whole and somewhere close, stinking drunk and plot-ting some new infamy.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Herron’s paintings are not literally historical, but titles such as “Scottsboro Men” invoke infamies of the African American past.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
They needed more than two hands to catalog his infamies and betrayals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Publisher Chandler: "We've told the story of the infamies."
From Time Magazine Archive
After all, the Drexel affair is only the latest float in a parade of American infamies.
From Time Magazine Archive
This is one of those infamies a prince should be on guard against, as will be discussed below.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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