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Taylor Swift is “shockingly” offended by the idea that “The Life of a Showgirl” could be — given her recent engagement to Travis Kelce — her final album.

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Bellamy denied and disputed the allegations and was not the subject of any disciplinary proceedings, but did issue a statement at the time saying he was "truly sorry" if he had offended anyone.

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Ms Haggerty-James said the material had been compiled to "capture their offending behaviour".

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"You were a serving police officer. Your offending must have been abundantly obvious to you."

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The judge said Kebatu had tried to take his own life in prison, having been aware his offending caused "mass demonstrations" in the UK.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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