scandalous
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"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
And in 1968, asking them to hold hands in public was scandalous, even in Culver City.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026
Taeko cannot wed before her older sister does; however, her scandalous conduct makes it harder for Yukiko to find a husband.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Louis Lépine and Alphonse Bertillon had missed the lesson of the very first detective story: In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter,” the suspect hides a scandalous letter in plain sight.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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