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Recent Examples of infamous Over the course of the season, Dexter reunites with Harrison in New York City and inadvertently finds his way into the company of other infamous serial killers secretly assembled for meetings at the estate of billionaire philanthropist Leon Prater (Peter Dinklage). Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 The helicopter then lands inside the canyon, where participants start their epic journey on the river to the infamous Eyjafjallajökull volcano, past glaciers, waterfalls, and basalt columns. Mia Taylor, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 The most infamous case was Panama, which used to be a Colombian province. John Otis, NPR, 7 Sep. 2025 The bombshell confession comes from a fellow death row inmate, William Noguera, who spent more than a decade building trust with Naso inside California’s infamous San Quentin State Prison. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for infamous
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notorious
Adjective
  • However, just as wedding bells chime, chaos ensues when the notorious Ghost Bandits raid his bank.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While crawfish frogs might be notorious for their rap sheets full of B&Es, they are also said to have a distinct sound when calling, almost like the sound of someone snoring.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Infamous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infamous. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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