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Recent Examples of inglorious
In its short, inglorious history, the CFPB harassed businesses with hundreds of millions of dollars of frivolous complaints that enriched trial lawyers, while doing nothing of consequence to actually help consumers.
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
The family pardons, in particular, seemed an inglorious way for the outgoing president to depart.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Those who will paint this as an inglorious sign-off to an inglorious career aren’t looking hard enough.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
But why was she chosen for this inglorious end?
—Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
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Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2025
The family pardons, in particular, seemed an inglorious way for the outgoing president to depart.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Those who will paint this as an inglorious sign-off to an inglorious career aren’t looking hard enough.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
But why was she chosen for this inglorious end?
—Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inglorious
Adjective
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Their reprehensible posts and videos will always be there, thanks to screenshots, and searchable by, say, potential future employers, neighbors and friends.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
8 July 2025
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Israel’s bombing of Evin lays bare what happens when two reprehensible systems collide: one that cages the innocent, and another that claims to liberate them with bombs.—
Siamak Namazi,
Time,
25 June 2025
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That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
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That morning, on the day of his exam, looking up at the stone façades, Gabriel suddenly realized that this was a place that existed not despite but because of the iniquitous history exhibited here.—
Daisy Hildyard,
The New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Though the reasons for the forces behind the nefarious organization are made more plain in the last two episodes, the show’s pacing stalls out, losing the intense momentum that had been so carefully built until this point.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 July 2025
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Actually a loose spinoff of a character seen briefly in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (which still rules, by the way), Ballerina sees de Armas seeking vengeance against the tribe that killed her father, a group led by a nefarious figure sketched by Gabriel Byrne.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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And then, on top of it, I was born out of some affair like some illegitimate, sinful mistake?—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
28 June 2025
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In New York, the story goes that the sloppily sinful sandwich on rye bread was named for the founder of New York’s Reuben Restaurant.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.—
Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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From the twins and their parents to evil fiancées and housekeepers, the characters have gained a cult following since their release, with some fans using them as inspiration for their outfits, summer mood boards, and interior design.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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Historically, antisemitic conspiracy theories have revolved around the idea that a shadowy and evil Jewish elite secretly controls the world, and ritualistic child abuse is a common trope within them.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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The same substantive deficits afflict Louise-Parker, too, whose bright eyes and brusque wit are wasted in a role that’s villainous potential exists only in exposition.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 July 2025
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Becky Lynch is far too likable to be a heel, and her villainous promos have seemed forced.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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Spears writes of these unrighteous men matter-of-factly, avoiding the ad hominem attack, except for an occasional delicious arrow, including a recollection of the eternally white Timberlake meeting one of his rap heroes.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2023
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He’s gone through buzzard-hot streaks and some slumps, at times taking wholly unrighteous shots, and none of that matters to the shooting guard.—
Gordon Monson,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
23 Apr. 2021
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“Inglorious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inglorious. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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