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a disreputable Internet retailer that had a record of hundreds of complaints for shoddy merchandise and slow refunds
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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.
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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
They are believed to have consumed drinks tainted with methanol, which is sometimes used as the alcohol in mixed drinks at disreputable bars and can cause severe poisoning, sometimes leading to death.
—David Rising and Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Upon approval, my land lease community refused to cooperate, citing the disreputable program.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
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
They are believed to have consumed drinks tainted with methanol, which is sometimes used as the alcohol in mixed drinks at disreputable bars and can cause severe poisoning, sometimes leading to death.
—David Rising and Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Upon approval, my land lease community refused to cooperate, citing the disreputable program.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Disreputable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disreputable. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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disreputable
adjective
dis·rep·u·ta·ble
(ˈ)dis-ˈrep-yət-ə-bəl 
: not respectable : having a bad reputation
disreputableness
noun
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