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scandal

[skan-dl] / ˈskæn dl /


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He has written about them three decades later and, at only 150 pages, “A Scandal in Königsberg” is a book of miniature perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In the 1830s, however, the city, then the capital of East Prussia, was “still bathed in the amber glow of the late Enlightenment,” as Christopher Clark tells us in “A Scandal in Königsberg.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Appeared in the March 14, 2026, print edition as 'A Judicial Climate Science Scandal'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

His first feature film Scandal, made in 1989, established him as a director worth hiring, and was swiftly followed by Memphis Belle which included a young Matthew Modine as Captain Dennis Dearborn.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

Tea, Politics, and Scandal, the ingredients of an Afghan Sunday at the flea market.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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