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Recent Examples of scabrous
At nearly three hours, the anthology film was divisive: Some hailed its scabrous take on human nature as brilliant, and others derided it as bloated.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
Malcolm is the pressure-release valve in Baumbach's scabrous follow-up to 2005's The Squid and the Whale, and one of many points of contention between Margot and Pauline.
—Erik Adams, EW.com, 18 July 2023
This dirty Pommie duo make scabrous gold on UK Grim, their 12th studio album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
Brined for 24 hours, the halal chicken is enveloped in a rub whose 15 or so ingredients transform the skin into something scabrous, charred and unnerving.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 21 May 2024
Malcolm is the pressure-release valve in Baumbach's scabrous follow-up to 2005's The Squid and the Whale, and one of many points of contention between Margot and Pauline.
—Erik Adams, EW.com, 18 July 2023
This dirty Pommie duo make scabrous gold on UK Grim, their 12th studio album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
Brined for 24 hours, the halal chicken is enveloped in a rub whose 15 or so ingredients transform the skin into something scabrous, charred and unnerving.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scabrous
Adjective
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From his point of view, opposition at home has been quelled, sometimes murderously, and troublesome organizations such as the International Criminal Court, which issued an arrest warrant for Putin but is now facing U.S. sanctions, are in Trump's crosshairs too.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Suggested Reading Why big banks are transporting billions of dollars worth of gold on planes Hertz is finally done selling its troublesome Teslas — and the stock falls 10% Disney is pulling back on trigger warnings for old movies Palantir TK. Tesla.—
Francisco Velasquez,
Quartz,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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If policymakers are struggling to find a solution to a vexing public policy problem, my instinct is to try to identify a solution through independent industry self-regulation.—
Eric Reicin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Glitchy software and vexing screen interfaces led to a poor critical and sales reception for the ID.4, an electric SUV that VW touted as a revolution on par with the original Beetle.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s all done now, and finding anything that comes close is a vexatious trial.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Nov. 2024
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Since taking office some 100 days ago Keir Starmer’s government has faltered, derailed by the challenge of race riots, minor, vexatious scandals over gifts to Labour ministers and the sheer magnitude of the task of turning around the UK economy.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Still facing a stubborn staffing crunch, the New York City Department of Correction will require officers to work mandatory 12-hour tours in a number of city jails, a move immediately criticized by their union.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Fiscal and monetary policy are walking a tightrope between weak real growth and stubborn inflation.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Still, trailing by 20-plus in two games against non-tournament teams is a worrisome sign long-term, even with the massive comeback at Northwestern.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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And then there are Amazon’s worrisome clashes with Broccoli and Wilson.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Trump administration to acknowledge only a person’s gender assigned at birth, officials say Human biology is complex, and not all individuals fit neatly into binary categories, Evans told ABC News.—
Dr. Allia Vaez,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2025
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The complex case has many possibilities, and the pursuit of a new trial is just one path the brothers are exploring in their quest to rejoin society.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Social Security’s internal workings are so recondite and poorly understood by average voters that numerous possible ways of imposing benefit cuts or otherwise harming the program are hiding in plain sight.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Nov. 2024
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In retrospect, the integer distance problem was waiting for mathematicians who were willing to consider more unruly curves than hyperbolas and then draw on recondite tools from algebraic geometry and number theory to tame them.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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The costs of an aging and diminished society feel more abstract.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Justice, in this context, is not merely an abstract ideal.—
Gyunduz Mamedov,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Scabrous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scabrous. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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