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According to state records, a $194,000 medical malpractice judgment was awarded against Lee in 1996 in Orange County Superior Court.—
Julia Marnin,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Feb. 2025 -
Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.—
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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But there was no hanky-panky, and in fact the two couples had dinner together every week for two years after Dirty Dancing wrapped.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
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On my ride with Boaz and Javadi, a Waymo operator suddenly joined us on the audio system, not to inform us that hanky-panky is prohibited, but to say that two passengers did not have their seat belts fastened.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2024
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Given the political indiscretions and untrustworthy reputation of his then-opponent James G. Blaine, Cleveland was still successfully elected to the White House, becoming the 22nd president and the first Democrat elected after the Civil War.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Arsenal’s manager kept a list of Aubameyang’s indiscretions — many of them related to punctuality — and, eventually, the charge sheet was too long.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Solis, who became an FBI mole after being confronted with evidence of his own myriad misdeeds.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The bottom line: Ransomware requires an all-of-government approach, not just law enforcement investigations, to both hold hackers responsible for their misdeeds and to make the cybercrime less appealing.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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By contrast, in fiscal year 2024, 51 percent of the people ICE arrested had been convicted of a crime, and an additional 21 percent had criminal charges pending against them.—
Nathaniel Rakich,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, not state offenses.—
Michael R. Sisak,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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People who work with the system have in the past been briefed that the database may be of interest to foreign intelligence agencies, said a third source who has familiarity with the system.—
Justin Elliott,
ProPublica,
7 Feb. 2025
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Anyone who has any familiarity with SEC basketball knew that would change in the second half.—
Wally Hall,
arkansasonline.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And no Georgia court has ever reversed a trial court's order declining to disqualify a prosecutor based solely on an appearance of impropriety.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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More eyes on the books reduces the chances of impropriety.—
Jonathan Shorman,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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