notorious
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Just a year later, the notorious prison closed, seemingly for good, but perhaps just for now.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
The notorious bidding war for a Palm Beach estate between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein involved a third party.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
First, the personal saving rate is notorious for being revised up because the government tends to undercount incomes in real time...
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Rasputin is in fact an ex-Green Beret from Buffalo, N.Y., named Patrick, but he had a religious awakening and now claims to be the reincarnated spirit of the notorious Russian mystic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
There were six more seasoned soldiers—all of them thrown out of the army for questionable behavior, which must have been truly questionable, given that Adarlan’s army was notorious for ruthlessness.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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