dodgy
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Under Greenspan’s watch, the Fed didn’t blow the whistle on riskier lending practices in which Wall Street used financial alchemy to turn dodgy mortgages into highly rated securities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
And when the lenders have a lot of leverage, rely on dodgy credit ratings or are influenced to lend by regulatory demands, prepare for serious problems.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
For low-budget AI microdramas, Chinese regulations say platforms must be the primary checkpoint for potentially dodgy content.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
"I'm not ill very often but I remember the norovirus was rife at the time and I started to feel very dodgy," she later told The Sun.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
John Paulson was oddly interested in betting against dodgy loans, and oddly persuasive in talking others into doing it with him.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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