dubious
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Appeared in the October 7, 2025, print edition as 'Nasdaq Becomes Home for Dubious Penny-Stock IPOs'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025
Dubious at first but an eager advocate of America creating its own musical culture, Hertz gave the idea of “Symphony Under the Stars” a whirl.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2022
"Dubious penalty, I'm still not convinced, but who cares? We're in the final," added former England winger Chris Waddle on 5 Live.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
Dubious Saudi families collect art all the time, after all.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2020
The conscious monarch pierced the coy disguise, And view'd his filial love with vast surprise: Dubious to press the tender theme, or wait To hear the youth inquire his father's fate.
From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander
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