as in notorious
not respectable
the infamous criminal who remains known only by the moniker of "Jack the Ripper"
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Some senators’ olive branch to the House reminds them of Michael Corleone’s infamous offer: Nothing.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
According to longtime team organist Nancy Faust, a few sisters even sat near her on the infamous Disco Demolition Night.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Trending Stories On Wednesday morning, a forensic video expert told jurors that the infamous hotel surveillance video showing Combs slamming Ventura to the ground and kicking and dragging her in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in 2016 was not manually doctored.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
Chicago house pioneer Vince Lawrence recalls witnessing Disco Demolition Night as a teenager, and later recognizing the racist undertones of the infamous incident, in a new clip from the fascinating documentary, Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, premiering on Rolling Stone.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
According to longtime team organist Nancy Faust, a few sisters even sat near her on the infamous Disco Demolition Night.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Trending Stories On Wednesday morning, a forensic video expert told jurors that the infamous hotel surveillance video showing Combs slamming Ventura to the ground and kicking and dragging her in the hallway of the InterContinental Hotel in 2016 was not manually doctored.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infamous
notorious
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Swap them out especially since road trips are notorious for convenience store stops and the resultant waste, but a little preparation goes a long way.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Physiologically, these states of bodily outpourings are of course quite self-explanatory, given all the melting, leaking, sweating, salivating and squirting the Sapphic body is notorious for in the art of Sapphics of all genders throughout history.—
Siouxzi Connor
June 20,
Literary Hub,
20 June 2025
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