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Recent Examples of indecently
Caleb Crawford was incarcerated in 2016 after indecently touching his cousin, a 12-year-old girl at the time.
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Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Like in a bombing, a tsunami or earthquake also makes the private suddenly, almost indecently, public.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecently
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Vought’s moves also raise the risk of corruption and outside groups inappropriately influencing funding decisions.
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By contrast, the three male actors who appear in major supporting roles—along with Colin, there’s Lindon as the doctor and Louis Garrel as Maxine’s cinematographer and, ultimately, lover—are all veterans whose iconic presences make their small roles feel unusually, even inappropriately, prominent.
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.
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The official investigation found no fault with either aircraft but that three planes had occupied the same airspace, which was deemed to have been unsuitably monitored over the Kharkiv region.
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These unbearably hot and humid summer months that put millions of people across the globe at risk are typically made possible by phenomena known as heat domes.
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Well easy to say, the weather won’t be unbearably hot during this entire stretch.
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As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.
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The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.
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An earlier version of this story incorrectly described ongoing changes at Nashville international Airport.
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Kennedy said at a House hearing that month that the Biden administration had incorrectly flagged the peptides as posing safety risks.
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It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.
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Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.
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This could be described as assertive or confident clothing, all of the designer’s work achieves drama while in its exceptionally flattering fit, and which somehow still looks and feels awfully comfortable.
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That’s an awfully bold move from Motorola, considering the foldable is powered by the same chip as the 2024 and 2025 models and also reuses the design and screens from previous generations.
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“Indecently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecently. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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