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Recent Examples of reprehensibly
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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Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reprehensibly
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The students claimed Riscovallez would inappropriately touch them and give them gifts such as trading cards and candy, according to a press release from Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
10 Oct. 2025
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Eilish has spoken out in the past about fans behaving inappropriately at concerts.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Oct. 2025
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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Members of the parole board have received threats after being incorrectly blamed for the release on social media.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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What To Know In a notice issued on Friday, the State Department stated that a small number of entrants from Cuba may have been incorrectly notified that they were selected for a Diversity Visa.—
Alia Shoaib,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Read more about this unbearably adorable two-month-old baby pygmy hippopotamus at the link in bio.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her mother sounds unbearably gentle.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Demented cheering was broadcast on social media so loudly that many not-terribly-political Americans took notice.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Not terribly long ago, Spanish restaurants were abundant in this part of Manhattan, but a good number have died off in recent years.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Noel Acciari, who has been horribly banged up in recent years, made his preseason debut in this one.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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With a parachute billowing behind him, Miura makes a couple of pizza turns on the sheer and horribly icy Lhotse Face before catching an edge and then tumbling several thousand feet to the bank of a crevasse.—
Outside,
Outside,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Matthew Knies, Auston Matthews and Matias Maccelli line was awfully quiet, save for a bad penalty by Knies and the nice empty-netter from Matthews.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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No details on who Briney is playing have been announced, but HBO Max did release a sneak peek photo from Season 5, with Briney’s character looking awfully chummy with Jean Smart’s Deborah.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
9 Oct. 2025
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The scientists found that the problem has been grossly underestimated and urgently requires better urban planning and infrastructure to address it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Oct. 2025
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She and Sollecito were exonerated and released after four years in prison following an appeal, where the court found that Italian authorities had grossly mishandled the case.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Reprehensibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reprehensibly. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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