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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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Unbeknownst to Maisie, the carousel has a sordid history.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
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The industry had weathered a storm of growing public suspicion over sordid details coming from the entertainment industry in the wake of producer William Desmond Taylor’s murder and the rape/murder trials and acquittal of comedian Fatty Arbuckle.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The sheriff said investigators are not ruling out foul play and noted that the circumstances were serious enough to involve the department’s criminal investigation unit.—
Bradford Betz , Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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The findings do not determine civil or criminal responsibility.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
1 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Assistant is pretty much a straight shooter and doesn’t seem haywire or unsavory.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Such positive associations make milk a powerful metaphor for what America could be—if certain unsavory elements of modernity could be undone or erased.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 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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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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As secretary, Noem has displayed a troubling pattern of unethical behavior.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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And this of course can lead to mistakes and even unethical results.—
Kevin Kruse,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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No one mourns the wicked, indeed.—
Erin Neil,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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The film tells the true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Many people were in actual fear of their lives, of their livelihoods, of embarrassment…people harbouring such shameful parts of their story and being siloed and not having a community to share their experiences with.—
Alyssa Jaffer,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Such conduct is shameful, unlawful, and will not be tolerated.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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