unsavory
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Once again, she’ll tackle an unsavory topic and figure out how to bring it to fruition; then distribute it come what may, because she refuses to be boxed in by the industry’s expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But despite being an unsavory collection of criminals, Mr. Goode’s cast of characters could survive quite handsomely without gambling everything with each shipment of Fiji banded iguanas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was more like a dark epiphany, a moment of revelation in which unsavory but unavoidable truths about America were laid bare before America itself and the wider world.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
The mayor acknowledged that Stanton has long had to fight an unsavory reputation but argued that those days are past.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
They had already been briefed on the Tolkachev case when the CIA learned some unsavory things about Edward Lee Howard's past, including theft and lying on a polygraph test.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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