scandal
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The contretemps about the visa scandal pushed #Andy — López Beltrán’s knickname — to the top of social media sites in Mexico, drawing both praise and derision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
His bet: A win would show that voters don’t consider the scandal a serious issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The scandal erupted after some academics and media reports accused Arday, who became Cambridge University's youngest Black professor in 2023, of plagiarizing parts of his doctoral thesis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Alison Fuller from Epilepsy Action said it is a "scandal" on par with infected blood and Post Office Horizon scandals.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rasheed regarded the Taliban with a forgiving, affectionate kind of bemusement, as one might regard an erratic cousin prone to unpredictable acts of hilarity and scandal.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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Instead, they find themselves running to put out fires when scandals over AI use become too reputationally damaging to ignore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Both Wilcox and Edwards point to a wider pattern stretching from Aberfan and Hillsborough to the Post Office and infected blood scandals.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Go Gentle, “Almost Life,” “New Skin” and “The Summer Boy” are just a few of our summer book picks filled with secrets, scandals and seaside romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Jackson, who campaigned heavily with Platner before the scandals, had the support of roughly 75 percent of the volunteers who rallied behind the now-disgraced former Senate candidate.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
One of New York State’s biggest recent scandals has been the exposure of wholesale S.L.A. graft and corruption.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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