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Recent Examples of seamy
While the specific charges were about checks and ledgers, the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
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Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
The specific charges in the hush money case were about checks and ledgers, but the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump's political rise.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
—Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Just like Blue Velvet, the painting exposes the seamy underbelly of small-town America.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
The specific charges in the hush money case were about checks and ledgers, but the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump's political rise.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
—Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Just like Blue Velvet, the painting exposes the seamy underbelly of small-town America.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy
Adjective
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Letts’s play is a sordid, spiky creature, a two-hour descent into a pit of paranoia within the dingy walls of an Oklahoma motel room.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The recent presidential pardons of figures who tried to overturn the 2020 election are part of a broader effort to rewrite one of the most sordid episodes in recent memory.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
27 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to the murder charge, Thompson faces charges of committing a terroristic act, aggravated assault, engaging in violent criminal group activity and endangering the welfare of a minor, according to the jail roster.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The action eventually moves to Medellín, with Pine on the trail of a smooth young Colombian mogul, Teddy Dos Santos (Diego Calva), whose combination of philanthropic ties and unsavory connections sound a bit too familiar.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Matt Gaetz may have tripped over unsavory findings in a House Ethics Committee report and fallen by the wayside.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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Having come to the priesthood as a refuge from a disreputable, pugilistic past, O’Connor’s Jud holds tightly to his faith in the Catholic institution, even as Josh Brolin’s odious Monsignor Wicks reveals himself to have built a cult of domination and cruelty in his small town.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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At one point, Cicero asks how a disreputable woman like Clodia should be punished.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In addition to being immoral, CFA’s support for BDS likely violates state law, AB 2844, which prohibits California from contracting with entities that engage in discrimination, including against Jews or Israelis.—
Mark Pinkert,
Oc Register,
23 Dec. 2025
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The film follows the deliciously immoral, widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale), who maneuvers, deceives and seduces her way through London and across her relatives' country estates in an effort to find a wealthy husband for herself and her daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark).—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
29 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Palantir did not respond to a request for comment from The Hill, but the company has long pushed back on accusations that its technology is used for government surveillance or other potentially unethical objectives.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
3 Jan. 2026
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Advocates say giving parents the ability to throw out embryos with higher risks of conditions like Down Syndrome is unethical, but scientists inched towards this reality this year using gene-editing tools.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
2 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Park Chan-wook’s latest masterwork is a wicked comedy of capitalism and homicide.—
Ty Burr,
Washington Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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So much so that a few of the most popular colorways sold out wicked fast.—
Ruby McAuliffe,
InStyle,
4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Through a mix of fiction and nonfiction, Questions 27 & 28 introduces us to three generations of characters who were all impacted by FDR’s internment, a novelistic investigation of a shameful American chapter.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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The decision to avoid the front line is widely seen as shameful in Ukraine, which has fought a defensive war against its much larger and nuclear-armed neighbor.—
Clarissa Ward,
CNN Money,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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