infamous

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It was an encounter infamous for Steven Gerrard's slip and a result that pushed the title towards Manchester City.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Part of the answer is simple: his infamous black book of contacts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Perhaps most infamous: the 1997 segment where a child portrayed by a pre–Sixth Sense Haley Joel Osment reveals to another character that “Walker told me I have AIDS.”

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Prior to that purchase, Cage faced troubles with an infamous “haunted” mansion situated in New Orleans’ French Quarter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Late in the day on their summit push, the two Americans climbed a stratum of steep, crumbly rock—the infamous Yellow Band.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer