as in sordid
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Recent Examples of seamy
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
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Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
On Thursday, there was another closed-door House Ethics Committee meeting to debate whether to release the panel’s report on Gaetz’s seamy doings.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Why did this seamy Trump trial have to be the first?
Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing
Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate
Measles is more contagious than the coronavirus.
—Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2024
Always seamy, the narcotics trade was largely legal until global prohibition began in the early 20th century.
—Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Ride the Train in Kanchanaburi Photo: Getty Images A study in contrasts, this province in western Thailand is known for both its outstanding beauty and sordid history.—
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Too bad for those impatient to learn more sordid details and see new prosecutions: this could take a while.—
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The criminal search warrant centered on Old McDonald's Farm, the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement to NPR.—
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Officers have recently been rejecting noncitizens whose posts suggested criticism of the United States or Israel, but not necessarily criminal activity.—
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Greg/Gary The White Lotus' resident big bad, Gary (formerly known as Greg), is obviously a suspect given his unsavory past and menacing aura.—
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This season has been filled with all sorts of unsavory drama, including a party turned incestuous, a surprise cameo (and unsettling monologue) from Sam Rockwell and an Inigo-Montoya-esque confrontation with a shadowy landowner.—
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Of course being an Agatha Christie yarn set in England 1936, that disreputable unfinished business between the former sweethearts is followed by a violent death.—
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In an interview with NBC News, Duckworth said young service members are targeted by bad actors, such as payday lenders and disreputable car dealers, particularly because military members' wages can be garnished.—
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Some view his proposal to take over Gaza as outlandish or immoral, and are no fans of Israel’s right-wing government.—
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Even though the Hamas charter directly calls for the murder of all Jews, all people must speak out against the immoral proposal to force an entire population into exile.—
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Controlled experiments on humans, particularly of this kind, are inherently unethical, therefore studies rely on surveys and reports.—
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals finds the whole idea of using pig organs unethical.—
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Well, that and 98-mph fastballs and wicked breaking pitches.—
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Chances are its uninhibited critique of privilege, political satire, and wicked social commentary would be softened or edited out.—
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Most Americans now view them as a shameful stain on the nation’s history.—
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That’s a real example of bringing a shameful national issue into a local election.—
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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