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Recent Examples of seamy
While the specific charges were about checks and ledgers, the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
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Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
The specific charges in the hush money case were about checks and ledgers, but the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump's political rise.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
—Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Just like Blue Velvet, the painting exposes the seamy underbelly of small-town America.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
The specific charges in the hush money case were about checks and ledgers, but the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump's political rise.
—Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 11 Jan. 2025
But the underlying accusations were seamy and deeply entangled with Trump’s political rise.
—Michelle L. Price, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Just like Blue Velvet, the painting exposes the seamy underbelly of small-town America.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seamy
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There’s a sordid little Whodunit stealing the show over in America.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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At the medal ceremony, the Russian compatriots exchanged cool handshakes as TV commentators recapped their sordid history.—
Natasha O'Neill,
Vanity Fair,
3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The only requirements for the position are lived experience as a parent or child in the child welfare system, having had their welfare case closed for one year, and not having any criminal system involvement for two years.—
Raynee Howell,
Oklahoma Watch,
9 Feb. 2026
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The ongoing release of the Epstein files haven’t necessarily revealed any new elements of criminal wrongdoing in the media class.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Layoff announcements hit an unsavory milestone in January Mass layoffs outlined last month by the likes of Amazon and UPS made for the worst January for job cut announcements since the Great Recession, new data showed Thursday.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Still other unsavory details have emerged.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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Several of the participants are social media sensations or generally successful in different fields that the series treats as disreputable.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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To do so means cutting ties with the disreputable agencies that got them here, and Jonah won’t do it.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Jan. 2026
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The long-term damage that an unqualified, incompetent, compromised or immoral — but superpowered — mayor can inflict on the city is too great.—
Steven Falk,
Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Tourism dollars flowed in, even if the prettified Southern history being sold ignored the immoral plague that built its riches in the first place.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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They including paying for information that produced major stories, actions that would be considered unethical in American journalism.—
David Bauder,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2026
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Thanks to older siblings and friends, permissive parents, fake IDs, and unethical sellers, some young people have always found ways to evade these bans, and similar tactics could work for surmounting a social-media ban as well.—
Keith Humphreys,
The Atlantic,
2 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The winds that kick up this time of year proved wicked.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2026
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Mimics tells the story of Sam, a struggling impressionist who makes a pact with a wicked puppet.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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Vulnerable because of limited progress on core issues such as homelessness, housing affordability and the shameful condition of streets, sidewalks and parks.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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There are so many reasons to be mad; the mostly baseless and endless attacks on higher education, the dismantling of life-saving research, ICE, the subverting of policy that redresses shameful social harms.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Seamy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seamy. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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