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scandalous

[skan-dl-uhs] / ˈskæn dl əs /


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The resulting book is scandalous, funny and delicious.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Yet social media, leniency and the pace of scandalous events in the U.S. have undoubtedly raised the threshold of public perception.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

The subterranean passage was part of Horsley Towers in Leatherhead, a grand mansion once lived in by Lovelace, also the only legitimate child of scandalous 19th Century poet Lord Byron.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"They're trying to divert attention away from the scandalous state of public affairs," Noemi Kiss, a 28-year-old communications manager, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026

Without her scandalous mane of hair and her sphinx eyes, she looked fifteen.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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