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The Horn of Africa country was once notorious for its pirate raids and ransom attacks but incidents have become less frequent.

Ms. Evans had previously worked for Ms. Davison’s predecessor, who was notorious for declining to prosecute police referrals for street crimes.

Mr. Branagh also has a lot of fun rolling through the diphthongs in Hannibal Lecter’s notorious line, “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.”

By the 1980s and ’90s, they became notorious as tools for justifying big corporate overhauls.

In an indictment of drug dealers with names like Scarface, Birdie, Wawa and Heavy, Mr. Clayton’s office made the cleanup of New York’s notorious Washington Square Park a federal priority.