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Recent Examples of scandalize
In 2018, the clean beauty and living gurus at Goop included a coffee enema in their detox guide, and the world was scandalized.
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
The pair arrived together at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and quickly scandalized the red carpet once the barely-there garment was revealed.
—William Earl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
In keeping with his transformational persona, Barack Obama tried to liven things up with a tan suit, only to scandalize the fusty Washington establishment.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Patchett recalls being scandalized when Grealy, in her thirties, gave a reading of an essay that described bringing home a stranger and masturbating in front of him.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
The pair arrived together at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles and quickly scandalized the red carpet once the barely-there garment was revealed.
—William Earl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2025
In keeping with his transformational persona, Barack Obama tried to liven things up with a tan suit, only to scandalize the fusty Washington establishment.
—Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Patchett recalls being scandalized when Grealy, in her thirties, gave a reading of an essay that described bringing home a stranger and masturbating in front of him.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalize
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But in a world where Chrome is castigated as the worst offending mainstream browser for privacy and tracking, this will land flat.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Supreme Court justices sounded ready on Tuesday to give parents a constitutional right to opt out of public school lessons for their children that offend their religious beliefs.—
David G. Savage,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Some of Washington's ideas are also likely to displease Moscow.—
Elizabeth Piper,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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The case follows a pattern of such behavior by certain elements displeased by the President Trump administration and the work of his billionaire advisor Elon Musk, the owner of the automaker Tesla.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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In addition to the changes around LGBTQ+ inclusion, 2021 restrictions on a certain traditionalist liturgy outraged a contingent of Catholics who developed a cynicism about Francis’ reforms mirroring that of the Second Vatican Council.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The shootings outraged many in the international community, with some calling the killings a war crime.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Both were crashing bores because of the literally nauseating behavior of fans and the uncaring attitude of the proprietors.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The endgame is unclear as ever The closures are already having a dire impact on Palestinians, with one man telling CNN his children are nauseated and exhausted from the lack of food.—
Kareem Khadder,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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The pollution morphed into a thick, acidic mix that sickened nearly half the town's residents.—
Alejandra Borunda,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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The measles outbreak, which could go on for months, has now spread to Kansas and Ohio after sickening more than 370 in Texas and New Mexico.—
Michael Casey and Matthew Perrone,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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Two years ago, several small-business owners testified to a legislative committee that Americans with Disabilities Act plaintiffs’ lawyers filed spurious complaints, alleging what appeared to be a random list of violations in an attempt to frighten and intimidate the business owner.—
Mark Hillman,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
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This has hallmarks of emotional abuse – non-physical behaviors meant to isolate, control and frighten.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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Cumulative price increases exceed 30,000% since 2011, when Syrians first revolted against Mr. Assad’s rule, according to Professor Ali Kanaan, dean of the faculty of economics at the University of Damascus.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
11 Apr. 2025
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Dem governors revolt against Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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What amazes me is that after Covid, a lot of the business became transactional.—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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This isn't the first time a thrift store find has amazed the internet.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Scandalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalize. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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