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Roberts expressed his frustration at the time, writing that it “is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.”

The president seemed eager to move on, calling the Epstein case "sordid, but it's boring" while also blaming Democrats for continuing to make it an issue.

From BBC

But sordid details emerged during the legal cases, revealing a darker side.

From BBC

Chu has spent a decade trying to bring accountability to immigration detention and knows this sordid industry better than any.

Those fingers come with a long, skeletal middle digit equipped with a ball-and-socket joint for horrifying dexterity, like the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come beckoning Ebenezer Scrooge to gaze upon his own sordid death.

From Salon

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

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