indiscretion
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Key, who played 15 Tests for England, said news of this latest indiscretion left him with a "sinking feeling, then anger, then disbelief".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
There follows a catalog of gaucheness and indiscretion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Years later, he literally mobilized an army to prevent that brief indiscretion from destroying his political ambitions.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
“They’ve forced a recounting of all the times the royal family and the palace press have covered up, often with outright lies, scandal, indiscretion and health scares,” wrote Times culture critic Mary McNamara last week.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2024
Normally, I was thrilled to get pizza—it was pretty much the best dietary indiscretion ever—but I could feel Dad watching me at every bite, flaring his nostrils.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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