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a formal claim of criminal wrongdoing against a person the headlines in the paper today are all about the mayor facing an embezzlement rap

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This is a noble insight, at a time when mass delusion has an understandably bad rap. Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025 Regardless, the guides had a bad rap. Joelle Renstrom august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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That’s until their cover in California Schemin’ as rapping imposters was blown and the emotional strain of denying their Scottishness and their fractured friendship revealed itself. Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 McKinnon, who raps under the name NBATAE, even received a call from NBA YoungBoy himself, who complimented him on his rap name while giving him words of encouragement and support. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rap

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“Rap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rap. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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