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Recent Examples of indecently
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Caleb Crawford was convicted of indecently touching a 12-year-old girl in October 2016 and was in jail until October 2018.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Caleb Crawford was convicted of indecently touching a 12-year-old girl in October 2016 and was in jail until October 2018.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecently
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But lawyers and digital privacy experts argue that the deal raises questions about who will have access to the massive cache of health data and whether it could be inappropriately accessed and exploited.
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According to the police report, the 5-year-old victim was at her babysitter's home when she was inappropriately touched by Hernandez, who was also inside the house.
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.
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Vagner was tall, unbearably handsome and disarmingly charming.
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But today, the home sits almost unbearably silent.
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As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.
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The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.
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The three main types of non-compliance in labeling included fiber percentages not matching the actual material makeup, items containing different or cheaper fibers than those listed on the label, or simply incorrectly declaring or naming fibers on labeling.
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That conviction was overturned in 2024 when the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge incorrectly allowed other women whose allegations were not charged in the case to testify.
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It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.
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Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
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The United States' second World Cup match got off to an awfully familiar start.
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Meanwhile, poor Sol is blithely ignoring Jen’s warning that Sincere seemed to switch up on Melanie awfully quick and that Sincere and Melanie are very in sync.
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In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who own property.
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But if the film occasionally threatens to float away into its own inaccessible realm, Camp’s witty, doleful performance grounds it with a human dimension, albeit not a terribly warm one.
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“Indecently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecently. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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