dubious
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"Another dubious call that goes in Celtic's favour. There will be serious questions asked about it."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Cataloging what I have — and tossing anything expired, dubious or otherwise a little grim — feels like a miniature form of spring cleaning.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
In its current form, it makes for a commercially robust but ethically dubious business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Concern now rests upon multiple dubious candlesticks between March 16 and April 7, including three bearish engulfing candles and several dojis.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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