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Like Cincinnati police, Schuler said sheriff's office supervisors usually take on complaints regarding less severe policy violations, such as a deputy speeding on a highway or answering the phone rudely.—
Matthew Cupelli,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Feb. 2026 -
With Paisley in his ear, Bryan rudely interrupts Dylan to disparage Michigan and Illinois and whispers to Underwood about bench pressing.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
26 Jan. 2026
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Good was in a relationship with a woman, and her partner, who is butch, spoke impertinently to an ICE officer, so there, Good wasn’t your average white mother after all.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Officers in the Real Time Crime Center could see surveillance footage of several people recklessly shooting firearms at that location and in the direction of a neighborhood.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Feb. 2026
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The department's Real Time Crime Center reviewed surveillance footage showing multiple individuals firing guns recklessly at the location and toward nearby homes.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Impudently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impudently. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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