repute
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Snooker clubs were enjoying a boom, but they often remained places of ill repute, and Virgo recognised there was historical justification for that.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Practically every working actor of some repute has offhandedly mentioned their interest in directing a film at one time or another.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026
Times Festival of Books, Amanda Knox spoke about her connection with Monica Lewinsky and ‘the sisterhood of ill repute.’
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Having been thoroughly Islamized, Ghana began to produce Muslim scholars, lawyers, and Quran readers of some repute, many traveling to Islamic Spain to study or going on pilgrimage to Mecca.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
She knew that London was a large, bustling, and confusing city, and that one wrong turn might send them wandering down dark cobblestone streets that dead-ended at smelly slaughterhouses and riverfront establishments of ill repute.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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