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Recent Examples of goings-on
But beyond a fascination with ghoulish goings-on, fans of true crime podcasts connect with the hosts differently from followers of other kinds of interview shows.
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Did the upstairs house potentially illicit goings-on?
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Vatu's goings-on mostly took a backseat in Episode 2, though Q still managed to find himself in a few funny situations.
—Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 4 Mar. 2026
That includes breaking stories, polls, the latest from Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and the White House, and political goings-on from across the nation.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
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Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Did the upstairs house potentially illicit goings-on?
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Vatu's goings-on mostly took a backseat in Episode 2, though Q still managed to find himself in a few funny situations.
—Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 4 Mar. 2026
That includes breaking stories, polls, the latest from Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and the White House, and political goings-on from across the nation.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goings-on
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Street graduated from the University of Idaho in 2012, and now works for Lister Frost Injury Lawyers, handling personal injury, medical malpractice and other types of civil litigation.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
13 May 2026
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Their doctors are shady enough that multiple law firms have arms devoted to maritime medical malpractice.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
11 May 2026
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So just to be critical or even open to suspicion of hanky-panky or shenanigans around vaccination is immediately shut down by The New York Times or anybody.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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And Floria most certainly doesn’t indulge in any of the hanky-panky in elevators and storerooms of the kind that the randy staffers in Grey’s Anatomy wallow in.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately though, Johnson was undone by his own indiscretions.—
Inaya Folarin Iman,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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If true, or without a plausible explanation, the indiscretions could remove Stewart as a genuine political threat for November.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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First of all, don’t hide misdeeds and screwups, which comes naturally by not committing misdeeds and not screwing up.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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His journey will unravel past ghosts and future misdeeds.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Violent crime dropped by nearly half from his first year as mayor to his last, according to LAPD and FBI-era data, and city leaders frequently touted LA’s turnaround compared with the 1990s.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?—
Bethany Brown,
PEOPLE,
14 May 2026
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Disney can point to decades of advertiser familiarity with ESPN, ABC and the Super Bowl.—
Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Cancer is, after all, associated with emotional instincts, vulnerability and secrets only the moon knows of, so this transit can often evoke a collective desire for reassurance, affection and familiarity.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Any student accused of impropriety comes before a jury of their peers.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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Both camps denied any impropriety, claims initially backed up by The Athletic.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2026
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“Goings-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goings-on. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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