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Recent Examples of scabrous
Pope Francis often made scabrous criticisms of younger, more tradition-minded priests and faithful.
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The Editors,
National Review,
8 May 2025
Lamar mirrors Nas’s slow build to a scabrous eruption, followed by exhaustion.
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Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
Is this Scott redoing American Gangster as a grand Italian tragedy, or scabrous comedy about a family undone by their ineptitude and excess?
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
Jacobs wrote the script with these three actors in mind, which was perhaps shocking news to each of them, who play scabrous women who locate the worst characteristics of each other and then blow them up into throwdown fights.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2024
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The Editors,
National Review,
8 May 2025
Lamar mirrors Nas’s slow build to a scabrous eruption, followed by exhaustion.
—
Jon Caramanica,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
Is this Scott redoing American Gangster as a grand Italian tragedy, or scabrous comedy about a family undone by their ineptitude and excess?
—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
20 Nov. 2024
Jacobs wrote the script with these three actors in mind, which was perhaps shocking news to each of them, who play scabrous women who locate the worst characteristics of each other and then blow them up into throwdown fights.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabrous
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The show about the white-picket fence Cleaver family and their troublesome son created a foundational image of post-war Americana that has been so influential, the show’s title is a shorthand for this era of conservative nuclear family values.
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One of the troublesome sounds for writers was /w/.
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The annual Group of 7 summit for decades has been an occasion for the heads of state of Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan and the United States to meet as friends and try to hash out a collective approach to the vexing problems of the day.
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Cardholders struggle with inflation, interest rates Cardholders are still struggling with a vexing combination of elevated inflation and interest rates.
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On one side is challenger Holly Cook, who has filed for bankruptcy twice, been held in contempt of court on nine counts, been pursued by multiple collections agencies and once was labeled a vexatious litigant, court records showed.
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The federal vexatious litigator statute allows the court to impose sanctions on a case by case basis for vexatious conduct.
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The weather service’s forecast discussion for Kansas City said the stubborn heat could last through the Fourth of July.
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Against all odds, the stubborn housing market has become a hotspot for young talent.
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Then there were the ghoulish figures of revolutionary adventurers, the Mexican painter with two pistols in his belt, the men who were carving themselves careers out of these troublous times.
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On the other hand, go back to a comment Waddell made to me on Tuesday at the Board of Governors meeting in New York City, responding to a question about the likes of Dylan Larkin and Brady Tkachuk and whether that was a worrisome trend for teams around the league.
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The worrisome drug withdrawal popping up in jails A powerful tranquilizer has started to accompany fentanyl in the country’s illicit opioid supply, and jails are struggling to handle the drug’s excruciating, complicated withdrawal symptoms.
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Storms involve complex flows originating over a wide region and evolving in complicated ways.
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Police say the violence on Sydney’s streets is being orchestrated from abroad – and teenagers are being lured into the complex web of gang warfare with the promise of fast cash.
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This includes courses such as the notoriously recondite organic chemistry as well as biology, general chemistry, and physics.
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“Scabrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabrous. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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