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Recent Examples of scabrous
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?
—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
At nearly three hours, the anthology film was divisive: Some hailed its scabrous take on human nature as brilliant, and others derided it as bloated.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
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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?
—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
At nearly three hours, the anthology film was divisive: Some hailed its scabrous take on human nature as brilliant, and others derided it as bloated.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabrous
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However, corn gluten meal is also an organic, pre-emergent herbicide that can make quick work of troublesome crabgrass and other weeds in lawns and gardens.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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Airport wait times are expected to increase as the shutdown continues — leaving TSA officers in a troublesome spot.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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The crumbling support columns are so weak a subcontractor quit trying to repair them because the work was so dangerous, vexing architects and engineers when their poor condition was first uncovered last fall.—
Richard Mize,
Oklahoman,
27 Feb. 2026
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That total is just one shy of the number of homicides recorded by this time in 2025, a year in which officials noted a vexing increase in homicides despite a substantial decline in other crime.—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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The federal vexatious litigator statute allows the court to impose sanctions on a case by case basis for vexatious conduct.—
Jack Greiner,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
18 Feb. 2026
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Decades later, he was declared a vexatious litigant by the High Court, Federal Court and Queensland Supreme Court, a label that barred him from filing any more claims.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
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Its hot water wash dissolves stubborn grease on the mop pads, while its specialized Curv design prevents long hair from tangling around the brushes.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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For any stubborn coffee stains on the carafe, apply baking soda directly to the interior surface and gently scrub with a soft sponge or toothbrush.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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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.—
John Dos Passos,
National Review,
28 Sep. 2020
Adjective
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Gender is another worrisome issue.—
Charles Lane,
The Atlantic,
15 Mar. 2026
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But for a large slice of the education sector, the proposals are worrisome.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Our hope is that Beryl will find a new audience with generations who connect with her singularly female, complex voice—a woman who lived her life voraciously, and whose story deserves to live on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The hospital would be for patients who are low-acuity, meaning patients who don’t need the highest, most complex level of care, which is offered at Lurie’s downtown hospital.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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This includes courses such as the notoriously recondite organic chemistry as well as biology, general chemistry, and physics.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Social Security’s internal workings are so recondite and poorly understood by average voters that numerous possible ways of imposing benefit cuts or otherwise harming the program are hiding in plain sight.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Scabrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabrous. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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