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Recent Examples of scabrous
In the world of The Boys, based on the gleefully scabrous 2000s indie comic-book series of the same name by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson, superheroes are real, pop-culture-dominating, and with rare exceptions, entirely unheroic.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 June 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
Malcolm is the pressure-release valve in Baumbach's scabrous follow-up to 2005's The Squid and the Whale, and one of many points of contention between Margot and Pauline.
—Erik Adams, EW.com, 18 July 2023
This dirty Pommie duo make scabrous gold on UK Grim, their 12th studio album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 June 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
Malcolm is the pressure-release valve in Baumbach's scabrous follow-up to 2005's The Squid and the Whale, and one of many points of contention between Margot and Pauline.
—Erik Adams, EW.com, 18 July 2023
This dirty Pommie duo make scabrous gold on UK Grim, their 12th studio album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabrous
Adjective
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That is probably true – but only makes the current freefall more troublesome.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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Florida’s wildlife commissioners set aside pleas and arguments from black bear advocates today and approved a December hunt of the state’s shy but increasingly troublesome species.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Although proximity makes for easier studies, this is counterbalanced against the system’s vexing complexity.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
7 Aug. 2025
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Sneaking one command on the back of another As noted, prompt injections are one of the most vexing vulnerabilities facing AI chatbots.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The next morning, there were two vexatious problems.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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Both were armed with their own social media companies, spewing ad hominem attacks, with vexatious claims playing out in public.—
Dan Perry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Here’s the case for Scorpio: Wednesday is suss, secretive, brooding, vengeful and stubborn.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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For Baxter and the stubborn Scot, this marked, at last, the reality of war’s end.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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First Steps easily stayed atop the domestic box office chart in its second weekend with $40 million, but tumbled a worrisome 66 percent.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Aug. 2025
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For now, the backup offensive line remains a worrisome work in progress.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Parrilla has the more complex role; Bruiser is unprincipled and lacking in shame, yet generally correct and fair.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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Navigating shifting federal priorities, complex public-private partnerships and global supply chain risks requires proactive engagement across governments, private investors and communities to secure sustainable capital and manage geopolitical uncertainties.—
Khaled Naja,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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In retrospect, the integer distance problem was waiting for mathematicians who were willing to consider more unruly curves than hyperbolas and then draw on recondite tools from algebraic geometry and number theory to tame them.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Second, present bias: the immediate pain of thinking through problems manually outweighs abstract future concerns about skill atrophy.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Try the look with this sleeveless shirt dress that has an abstract print, full button front, waist ties, and a midi length that hits right below the knees on most people.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Scabrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabrous. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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