risqué

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He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Tinted nail polish was developed in the mid-1920s, and “it was a pretty risque statement at the time,” Shapiro says.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021

“Behind Closed Doors” was a bit risque in the country music world, but a lyric of the song is so true in what should be a transparent world, the world where taxpayer business is conducted.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2021

Seek what exalts you, and live ‘à tout risque’.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2017

“Watched and guarded! replied Alonzo: At the risque of my life I will deliver you from the tyranny with which you are oppressed.”

From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)