epithet
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Adrian E. Alvarez, who runs the group’s website, created a song titled “Spencer, Saca La Bassura,” a reference to Pratt’s epithet for the mayor from the Spanish word for trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026
And Jackson asked, So he needs to use an epithet?
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
We can only guess how the Romans came to call her Dido; Ms. MacDonald supposes it was an epithet meaning “the wanderer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Bangladesh's Prothom Alo newspaper, which said Zia had "earned the epithet of the 'uncompromising leader'", reported that Rahman and other family members were by her side at the time of her death.
From Barron's ● Dec. 30, 2025
What Adams could never quite fathom, and Jefferson understood intuitively, was that the very word “aristocracy” had become an epithet in the political culture of postrevolutionary America.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In an interview with the American Patriots of Latino Heritage, Cervantes said he directed a couple of choice epithets at the officer and declared, “I’ll prove you wrong,” before running out the door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
On any day, it is nearly impossible not to pass by someone yelling obscenities and epithets, fighting unseen demons.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
These labels salt the book on almost every page, and always as epithets.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2023
We then passed through all tweets – over a million in total – that contained any one of 119 words, phrases, slurs and epithets related to antisemitism.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023
Christine allowed herself to walk in their shoes for a moment, wondering how she would deal with the taunts, the bottles, the epithets, and the humiliation.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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