vulgar
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Where, even when dealing with vulgar matters, they stood up for what they believed to be the best of local values.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
The court “is not a place for vulgar barroom talk,” Judge M. Margaret McKeown clapped back in a concurrence joined by 25 fellow judges.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
But now, online scammers were co-opting her iconic image for "vulgar and despicable attempts to exploit her legacy", the Brigitte Bardot Foundation said.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
Madariaga had concluded Columbus was a Jew, said Morison, “by fashioning a significant pattern of hypothesis and innuendoes unsupported by anything so vulgar as fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
"No matter how vulgar a hotel is, the bar is always nice."
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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