notorious
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Then there is Stephen Miller, the notorious senior adviser of everything.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
The clearance of a notorious illegal waste "supersite" in Kent has been completed after 15 months at a cost of £15m to the taxpayer.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Steinbrenner countered by hiring Roy Cohn—lawyer, notorious fixer and another mentor to Mr. Trump—to dig into Mr. Winfield’s charity, and Howard Spira—a former FBI mob informant—to dig up dirt on Mr. Winfield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“According to this plaque, Loblolly was ‘one of the notorious Dandy Bandits.’
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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