Thesaurus / flagrant
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New York, owners of the NBA’s highest technical-foul total that season with 97, also finished with the most flagrants that year.
IN THE 1990S, THE NEW YORK KNICKS FOUGHT EVERYONE — EVEN DAVID STERNCHRIS HERRING (CHRIS.HERRING@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 18, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTDuring that 1992-93 season, he finished with an NBA-high nine flagrant fouls — more than twice as many as the next-closest player, and more than fifteen teams finished with that year.
IN THE 1990S, THE NEW YORK KNICKS FOUGHT EVERYONE — EVEN DAVID STERNCHRIS HERRING (CHRIS.HERRING@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JANUARY 18, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTBetween the appearance of flagrant corporate misconduct, the glaring regulatory failures and the staggering potential health effects, the matter seemed to call for just the kind of investigation that ProPublica was set up to pursue.
WHAT’S POLLUTING THE AIR? NOT EVEN THE EPA CAN SAY.BY AVA KOFMANDECEMBER 16, 2021PROPUBLICAI kept a folder of photos I’d snapped of the most flagrant offenders.
IN DEFENSE OF SHIRTLESS BIKE DUDEJVERSTEEGHSEPTEMBER 30, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEAfter a review, officials upheld the call as a common foul on the Warriors’ Draymond Green, who hit James in the face and could have been called for a flagrant foul.
WITH BLURRED VISION BUT PINPOINT ACCURACY, LEBRON JAMES BURIES LATE THREE TO RESCUE LAKERSBEN GOLLIVER, DES BIELERMAY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSecretary Chao’s flagrant abuse of her office provides further evidence that additional ethics and transparency reforms are needed.
ETHICS PROBE LED TO CRIMINAL REFERRAL INVOLVING ELAINE CHAO, TRANSPORTATION DEPT. INSPECTOR GENERAL SAYSMICHAEL LARISMARCH 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe would receive money again for perpetuating it in a more flagrant form.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRHis impossibility appeared more flagrant in the face of Laura's marvellous achievement.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRBut even I was driven to protest against such flagrant unfairness. '
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEYWhen the thing happened it appeared to be a flagrant and indubitable case of treachery; everyone was speaking of it.
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