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Recent Examples of infamous One such example of the infamous mobster’s penchant for the finer things in life can now be yours. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 May 2025 Of course, Miller pulled off his infamous eight points in nine seconds performance on the road in New York while playing for Indiana. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 While working on the film, Lively insisted on rewriting the infamous rooftop scene. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025 One such flight on April 11 returned 35 Venezuelans, who had been imprisoned under accusations of being members of Tren de Aragua, the infamous Venezuelan gang. Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for infamous
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  • Holan described the Wayfair child trafficking hoax as one of the most notorious cases of a campaign of disinformation against a company.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Escape from ‘The Rock’ On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 28 May 2025

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“Infamous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infamous. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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