notoriety
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Conditions there have prompted outcry from rights groups, and UN experts have condemned it as a site of "unparalleled notoriety."
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Drake, who just dropped three albums on a single day for some reason, has plenty of fans compared to Salieri, who never attained Mozart’s notoriety.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
I guess for me it was a good thing, because being a not-talkative software engineer, I got some notoriety.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
To be clear, the movie wasn’t what it claimed to be, but a bizarre blend of staged scenes and found footage, which only heightened its notoriety as an unclean object.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Each of them was gaining notoriety for understanding how heavy technology use—multitasking—impacted the brain.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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