as in curses
a disrespectful or indecent word or expression
used vulgarisms that embarrassed his family
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Noun
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Pay multiple people from the crafts site Etsy to perform tarot readings, lift any existing curses and otherwise engage in witchcraft.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Indeed, various curses and slurs could be heard shouted from the audience at London's Royal Festival Hall, even during some segments broadcast to audiences in England and abroad.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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Video shows the women squeezing through the window and screaming obscenities at the people inside, while tossing food, beverages and packaging.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Parents should be prepared to turn the channel or cover their children’s eyes and ears so they are not exposed to these obscenities.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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The sound of rubbery squeaking and a few choice profanities emerged from her bedroom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The trespasser was shouting profanities and throwing water from a plastic bottle, Tahara detailed.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kennedy responded with an outburst full of expletives.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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He could be heard screaming expletives immediately after the shooting.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In 2024, Semafor experimented with a partnership with Microsoft on a news aggregator called Signals, which helped find stories written in non-English languages not easily picked up by English searches.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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The magazine appeared in a variety of languages at various points over the ensuing decades, including French, Czech, Slovak, Russian, and Hungarian.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2026
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On that day, the mob hurled racist epithets, smoke bombs, and fists at him.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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When the time came for Alan Cumming to cease deliberations, Michael was reduced to sputtering epithets in random sequences.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Vulgarisms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vulgarisms. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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