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Recent Examples of seamy
Always seamy, the narcotics trade was largely legal until global prohibition began in the early 20th century.
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Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
As a type, there is something of the frontier sheriff or noir detective in the exorcist, someone who has rubbed up against seamy outlaws and knows their wiles.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
And that’s intentional, Mr. Jónasson says, because his model as a crime writer is more apt to be found in the pastoral villages and cozy tea rooms of Agatha Christie’s St. Mary Mead than in the seamy back alleys of Oslo.
—Kristina Lindborg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The third encompasses Twitter’s last gasp of relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its subsequent slide into Musk’s shabbier, seamier X.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
As a type, there is something of the frontier sheriff or noir detective in the exorcist, someone who has rubbed up against seamy outlaws and knows their wiles.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
And that’s intentional, Mr. Jónasson says, because his model as a crime writer is more apt to be found in the pastoral villages and cozy tea rooms of Agatha Christie’s St. Mary Mead than in the seamy back alleys of Oslo.
—Kristina Lindborg, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2024
The third encompasses Twitter’s last gasp of relevance during the COVID-19 pandemic, and its subsequent slide into Musk’s shabbier, seamier X.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy
Adjective
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The play is not for anyone offended by the c word, the f word, or other assorted sordid sundries.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Hegseth also promised to stop drinking if confirmed, amid sordid allegations about his history with alcohol.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
12 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Federal judges take that criminal history into account when deciding a criminal defendant's sentence.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
30 Jan. 2025
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We are told that the goal is to deport immigrants who have committed criminal acts.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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They have been locked out and led into a dead end darkened by threats, lawsuits, non-disclosure agreements and unsavory lenders, buyers say.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Its operatives exist in the shadows, doing unsavory work behind the scenes so that James T Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, and other Starfleet captains can carry out their day jobs without getting their hands too dirty.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Linked in the comments to the Threads post is a longer article posted to a disreputable website that includes an image shared Dec. 22, 2024, by The Patriots Network – another account in SpaceXMania's network – with a watermark identifying the claim as a fabrication.—
Joedy McCreary,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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His solo debut Compassion gracefully straddles juvenilia and maturity: The music is dreamy, inventive, steeped in youthful obsessions and disreputable radio hits from the ’90s.—
SPIN Team,
SPIN,
28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The trial culminated in the dramatic display of her thong before the jury, paired with descriptions of her as manipulative and immoral.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Growing shares in each party describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Read Next: Supreme Court Declines to Hear Utah’s Public-Lands Lawsuit The anti-hound petition filed in Arizona deals in unsupported accusations that hunting with hounds isn’t fair chase, GPS collars are unethical, and so on.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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Brown attempted to please prosecutors over the years, collecting information from inside or outside the jail in ways legal experts told the Herald was unethical, improper and likely a violation of other inmates’ rights.—
Brittany Wallman,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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His wicked knuckle-curve pairs with a 96-mph fastball.—
Phil Rogers,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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His wicked point shot is just what Coach Carbs needs for his system of double screens of the goalie.—
Shayna Goldman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Betting in baseball is particularly shameful given the league’s history with the Black Sox (1919) and Pete Rose (1990) scandals and given that betting on games played by one’s own team can trigger a lifetime ban.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The former president set the works in motion last month with the shameful pardon of his son.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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