salacious

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With the revelation of Casey Wasserman’s salacious correspondence and interaction with convicted Epstein confidant and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, he has absolutely NO business leading the 2028 Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Fire and Fury, the first of several books spanning Trump's first stint as US president, came out in 2018, with descriptions of a dysfunctional White House and salacious details about the US commander-in-chief.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

There has always been salacious gossip about the royal family, and misbehaving royals, but this time it felt much worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

As a Netflix true crime film, “The Perfect Neighbor” is getting the same kind of clickbait headline treatment that a more salacious, less impactful documentary on the streamer would.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

It needs to be said too what salacious nonsense it is to claim that Lord Darlington was anti-Semitic, or that he had close association with organizations like the British Union of Fascists.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro