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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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Coming Up Carbs In a third act mea culpa that feels reminiscent of Andy and Nate’s makeup from the first film, Emily apologizes to Andy for her latest round of workplace indiscretions.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
1 May 2026
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According to Becerra, actually, Democrats have done wonders for Californians with only a few minor indiscretions.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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During its run from 2002 to 2016, Gawker regularly exposed the hubris, hypocrisy and misdeeds of the famous, wealthy and powerful.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Magyar presented himself as a longtime insider of Orbán’s world who was now exposing the misdeeds of his former friends and colleagues.—
Nick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 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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For existing and loyal customers, familiarity builds confidence.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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But his role and his power is not comparable to that of his father, Ali Khamenei, who accumulated authority over decades through a combination of religious stature, institutional control, and personal familiarity with every major faction of the Islamic Republic.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
9 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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