infamy
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The game has since acquired infamy for the alleged poisoning of England's goalkeeper Gordon Banks, who went down with the stomach complaint now known forever as "Montezuma's Revenge" on the night before the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack that president Franklin D. Roosevelt said would live "in infamy."
From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026
It was a boost from the blog for Tosh’s show that launched Black’s video to infamy.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2026
“This is also a film about infamy, because he’s being persecuted so unfairly. He gets killed, and then they killed him again because they killed his reputation,” Moura notes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
Speaking on the floor of the Senate, he declared the Boston Police Strike was “one of the most dastardly acts of infamy that has ever occurred in this country since the act of Benedict Arnold.”
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Herron’s paintings are not literally historical, but titles such as “Scottsboro Men” invoke infamies of the African American past.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
After all, the Drexel affair is only the latest float in a parade of American infamies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not all the infamies of Darlan and Laval shall stand between you and the restoraion of your birthright.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said Publisher Chandler: "We've told the story of the infamies."
From Time Magazine Archive
This is one of those infamies a prince should be on guard against, as will be discussed below.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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