scandal
Example Sentences
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It was as distasteful a segment as you’d expect from “Update,” yet also somehow straddled the line between wallowing in the scandal and mining some genuine laughs out of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
The Epstein scandal continues to dog Blanche, who after Bondi’s missteps oversaw the problematic release of a massive trove of documents related to the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Greek police last year made dozens of non-political arrests over the scandal.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
She says she refuses to let the scandal define her son's legacy.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Out of Major League Baseball’s greatest scandal would come one incident that would be remembered long after almost all the facts and details of the tainted affair had faded from memory.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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