scandalous

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"It's always somebody else's fault: it's either the local authorities' fault or the scandalous profiteering residential sector; nobody will seem to accept responsibility", he says.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The subterranean passage was part of Horsley Towers in Leatherhead, a grand mansion once lived in by Lovelace, also the only legitimate child of scandalous 19th Century poet Lord Byron.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

He launched a similar inquiry into Kellogg’s, suggesting it had deceptively marketed its cereals, as if it were some scandalous secret that Froot Loops contain food coloring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The ceremony was edited and aired on a delay, and this year the BBC announced early that it was on especially high alert for any comments that were perceived as scandalous.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

The girl, who would grow up without a father, was named Theodora, after the scandalous empress of Byzantium whom Sourmelina admired.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides