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obscenity

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nounindecency, immorality; vulgarism

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Benson said she experienced threats first-hand when people "shouting obscenities and graphic threats into bullhorns in the dark of night" arrived outside her home in December 2020 after election results were certified in Michigan.

ELECTION WORKERS "IN THE CROSSFIRE" OF FRAUD RHETORIC, SECRETARIES OF STATE TESTIFYHERB SCRIBNERAUGUST 3, 2022AXIOS

We also see that reflected in the rolling obscenity of global vaccine distribution, where vaccines have been allocated in a non-coordinated fashion, oblivious to human need and often driven by foreign policy imperatives.

WE MUST LEARN FROM THE FAILED GLOBAL RESPONSE TO COVID-19KEVIN RUDDDECEMBER 29, 2021TIME

The fight over the obscenity of trying to remove Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Beloved” from a school library.

TO WIN IN 2022, DEMOCRATS MUST BE LASER FOCUSEDPETER ROSENSTEINNOVEMBER 17, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE

The attacks come on the heels of an increase in incidents in which passengers have shouted obscenities, pushed and shoved flight attendants, harassed other passengers or even attempted to open the cockpit door.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT SUFFERS BROKEN BONES IN ‘ONE OF THE WORST DISPLAYS OF UNRULY BEHAVIOR’ IN THE SKIESLORI ARATANIOCTOBER 28, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Other video showed a Border Patrol agent on a horse shouting an obscenity as he tried to clear a child away.

WHY ARE THERE THOUSANDS OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS AT THE TEXAS BORDER?AMBER PHILLIPSSEPTEMBER 22, 2021WASHINGTON POST

On an Allegiant Air flight in August, a passenger hit a flight attendant, yelled obscenities at him and grabbed his phone as he described a mask-related dispute to the captain, according to the FAA.

SNEEZED ON, CUSSED AT, IGNORED: AIRLINE WORKERS BATTLE MASK RESISTANCE WITH SCANT GOVERNMENT BACKUPMICHAEL LARISJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST

They rebelled at the immorality of his conduct and the obscenity of his writings; and he resolved that they should accept both.

LADY BYRON VINDICATEDHARRIET BEECHER STOWE

The charge was "obscenity," and they had been arrested at the instance of Anthony Comstock.

MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDSGEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN

Another feature in common is the rank realism and open obscenity which marked the humours of both species.

THE MEMOIRS OF COUNT CARLO GOZZI; VOLUME THE FIRSTCOUNT CARLO GOZZI

That means losing ground at an increasing rate to the obscenity crawling over our planet.

GREYLORNJOHN KEITH LAUMER

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