notorious
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With money from an English lover and the patronage of the notorious Chudleigh, Cornelys launched an “assembly and concert rooms” in 1760 at Carlisle House in fashionable Soho Square.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
However, the naturally aspirated era - and especially the years from 1994-2009 when there was refuelling - was notorious for the lack of overtaking on track.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Claudine Longet, the French-born star and ex-wife of crooner Andy Williams who became notorious for the fatal shooting of Olympic skier Vladimir “Spider” Sabich, has died.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Bryggeriets is less than a mile from one of Sweden’s most notorious housing projects, Rosengård, where soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimović grew up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The school was notorious for “borrowers” —kids who weren’t exactly thieves but walked off with anything that wasn’t nailed down or locked up.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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