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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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy
Adjective
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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.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2025
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Too bad for those impatient to learn more sordid details and see new prosecutions: this could take a while.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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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.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The other district used to be held by the disreputable Matt Gaetz.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Wealth is derived from many sources and qualities, often disreputable ones.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Firms carrying out an immoral contract in court may face other discipline.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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This legislation made its way through Congress back then in part because there was societal acceptance of the false belief that the Chinese were immutably immoral and threatening.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While these technologies hold legitimate applications, they can easily be weaponized for unethical purposes.—
Jason Crawforth,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The play follows the lives of four unethical Chicago real estate agents.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Well, that and 98-mph fastballs and wicked breaking pitches.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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Chances are its uninhibited critique of privilege, political satire, and wicked social commentary would be softened or edited out.—
Viren Naidu,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Most Americans now view them as a shameful stain on the nation’s history.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2025
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That’s a real example of bringing a shameful national issue into a local election.—
Naperville Sun,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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