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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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But the analysts warned that years of fiscal malpractice were a growing constraint on the rating.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Extending the statute of limitations for malpractice claims arising from conversion therapy is squarely consistent with Chiles.—
Kris Fair,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 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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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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In this case, the arc of the season was primed for Batula to be the victim rising from the ashes of her divorce, only for her recent romantic indiscretions to shatter that fantasy.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Roys Report is a Christian website that has specialized in acting as a watchdog in bringing light to misdeeds among prominent Christian pastors and leaders.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The federal investigation chronicled those editorials this page published about the DA’s misdeeds.—
John O’Hara,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Anti-gang units, officials say, form the backbone of the department’s crime fighting efforts in neighborhoods plagued by gang violence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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But that, again, doesn’t stop the crime.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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And despite its familiarity to nearly anybody who has taken middle school English over the past eight decades, the story still retains the power to shock.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
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Porter, 52, is a UC Irvine consumer law professor and former Orange County congresswoman who increased her statewide name familiarity by running unsuccessfully for the Senate in 2024.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Amid the allegations of impropriety and conflicts of interest though, the program at George Mason University has scarcely been noticed.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
2 May 2026
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Based on evidence found in the initial weeks, the school and law firm still needed actual proof of improprieties, and not having to base their claims on scuttlebutt around the facility.—
Trey Wallace OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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