flagrant
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he was "deeply disappointed" by the Clippers' "flagrant violations" of the rules and said he believed the "severity of the penalties reflects the seriousness of the violations".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
For the rest of the world, it was viewed as a flagrant violation in order to placate the host nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
"For years, Europeans aided and abided flagrant ethical flaws in the international football federation," said Bruen, head of the Global Situation Room strategic communications firm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
“Is it the part of the police department to harass me when this city is a flagrant vice capital of the civilized world?”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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