scandal

Example Sentences

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It was as distasteful a segment as you’d expect from “Update,” yet also somehow straddled the line between wallowing in the scandal and mining some genuine laughs out of it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Greek police last year made dozens of non-political arrests over the scandal.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The Ashley Madison scandal was embarrassing but not illegal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

A son, Tom, lacked his sisters’ ability to stir up scandal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It is not a topic that has ever been discussed in his presence, though Caroline once told him in secret she heard it was something of a scandal.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern