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Recent Examples of seamy
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.
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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
On Thursday, there was another closed-door House Ethics Committee meeting to debate whether to release the panel’s report on Gaetz’s seamy doings.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
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, 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
On Thursday, there was another closed-door House Ethics Committee meeting to debate whether to release the panel’s report on Gaetz’s seamy doings.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
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
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The sordid history of Oklahoma’s second-largest city has become a kind of cottage industry for Hollywood in recent years.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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Mining the long and often sordid history of these efforts can provide the Trump administration with lessons for the fight against transnational crime.—
Ryan C. Berg,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Sep. 2025
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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
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Mamdani initially tried to stay on-message, offering a quick disavowal of an unsavory association or controversial past statement and pivoting back his agenda.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Gretchen follows many unsavory characters on Instagram, including Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, and Ben Carson.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 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
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Her pattern was disrupted by Balthazar Blades settling himself at one end of the bar, smiling with all his disreputable charm.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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Still, the idea that Americans came together to help freedom seekers in the face of immoral laws offers hope for America’s truest ideals.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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His family’s entrepreneurial journey and personal experiences with unethical SEO practices inspired him and fueled his commitment to ethical link-building.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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In another nod to Scream, Cheri Oteri parodies Courteney Cox’s Gale Weathers as the comically unethical news anchor Gail Hailstorm.—
Skyler Trepel,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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With the launch of the Culling Game in the aftermath, 10 colonies from across Japan are transformed into dens of curses as part of a plot orchestrated by the most wicked sorcerer in history, Noritoshi Kamo.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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The rhymes are wicked smart, clever and memorable.—
Jim Harrington,
Mercury News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Over the course of 30 years, she’s built an army of allies to take on her country’s shameful secret.—
Natalia Paradies,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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This dynamic can feel incredibly isolating and shameful.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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