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scandalous

[skan-dl-uhs] / ˈskæn dl əs /


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Teases Echevarria, “tonally the episode is a little bit different and it’s a little more scandalous but certainly contemporary.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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

Lawyers for the Fyssas family called the ruling "scandalous".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He launched a similar inquiry into Kellogg’s, suggesting it had deceptively marketed its cereals, as if it were some scandalous secret that Froot Loops contain food coloring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But in many ways, the true problem had begun years earlier, with a scandalous secret agency that once had been at the heart of American code breaking.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield




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