notoriety
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But the prosecutors say this was "overstated", arguing her conditions would improve over time, especially as her notoriety faded.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Recently, the store gained notoriety for a new sign: “Going out of business. Everything store wide 50% off.”
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Controversies such as a 2002 autopsy performed in London -- on camera and before an audience —- further fuelled his notoriety.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
And it allowed college athletes to monetize their own notoriety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
While I enjoyed the notoriety, a cold anxiety was slowly growing in my gut.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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To be known with us, was to be shunned, or impertinently gazed at, as if we were either great criminals, or notorieties of no very respectable order.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
America has shaken down more eminencies into notorieties than any other country in the world—it is a severe and terrible ordeal for great foreigners.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
Indeed, it is the same with all contemporary notorieties.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 by Various
He seems to me abnormally lacking in personal ambition,—does not seem to care whether he is heard of or not,—has a sort of contempt for the little neighborhood notorieties which give most men pleasure.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin
The notabilities and even the simple notorieties of the day brought each other freely to that temple of an old woman’s not ignoble curiosity.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
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