as in disgrace
a cause of shame
a scandal that for many years haunted the family of the banker convicted of embezzlement
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Recent Examples of scandal
Because in Washington, the scandal isn't the trading.
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Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Early in 2008, when Clinton briefly welled up in a coffee shop after a bruising loss in the Iowa caucus, the moment was interpreted as being a melodramatic scandal fit for TMZ and a cynical ploy for attention that eventually won her New Hampshire.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Orbán, by contrast, won power in 2010 amid the fallout of a financial crisis and a corruption scandal.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Using the couple's wedding to distract from a political scandal, Barbara's parents decide to visit Val's dads, who must pretend to be straight, resulting in Albert masquerading as a middle-aged woman.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jesse Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
Early in 2008, when Clinton briefly welled up in a coffee shop after a bruising loss in the Iowa caucus, the moment was interpreted as being a melodramatic scandal fit for TMZ and a cynical ploy for attention that eventually won her New Hampshire.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
Orbán, by contrast, won power in 2010 amid the fallout of a financial crisis and a corruption scandal.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025
Using the couple's wedding to distract from a political scandal, Barbara's parents decide to visit Val's dads, who must pretend to be straight, resulting in Albert masquerading as a middle-aged woman.
—Stacy Lambe, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Scandal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandal. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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