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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insulting
Fred Guttenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Why reach for the insulting explanation when a rational one will do?
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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By appearing on Loomer’s show, Scott validated the dangerous and insulting lies of a conspiracy theorist.
—Fred Guttenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
Why reach for the insulting explanation when a rational one will do?
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Bears have identified more than a dozen candidates deserving of interviews, with Pete Carroll, Mike McCarthy and Mike Vrabel among those entering the process along with the young coaches who are in demand, including Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.Phil Rogers, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Incarnate World offensive tackle Rasheed Jackson: A former Duncanville standout, Jackson was voted second-team All-Southland Conference this season for the Cardinals after appearing in 14 games in 2024.Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
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The two franchises eventually crossed over with the Warriors Orochi games, which mashes up characters from both titles alongside original ones for an outrageous kitchen sink approach with a fantasy bend.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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The kit takes what is already a pretty outrageous sports car and outfits it with an aggressive aero package that features a front lip spoiler, a whole array of fins, and an even larger rear wing that retains the standard version’s DRS functionality.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025
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This could include advising your child to block individuals who display abusive behaviors and report such violations to the gaming platform.Mia Taylor, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
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Anthony was ‘Unstoppable’ during his ‘Hell Week’ initiation at Arizona State When his abusive prison guard stepfather, Rick (Bobby Cannavale), leaves the family, Anthony turns down a full ride at Drexel University to stay at home and help his mother.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s vituperative persona, his enmity toward multilateralism, and his extreme policy agenda could easily sink the United States’ prospects for meaningful leadership of the G-20.Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
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Unlike Rhoades, a vituperative colossus, however, Williams brings a steely determination and a Joe Friday, just-the-facts mien to his lawyering in the court of public opinion.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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Facts won’t deter Republicans on this point, however, for the same reason that Trump and his running mate, J. D. Vance, keep repeating their scurrilous lies about Haitian immigrants eating the pets of Ohio: white anxiety about a diversifying country has become one of the Party’s greatest assets.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
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And Harriman was certainly subject to gossip, some of it scurrilous and sexist.Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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He was booked on charges of enticing a child under 16, distribution of obscene matter, and lascivious posing and exhibiting a child in the nude.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of course, obscene content has been censored, and services that clearly broke intellectual property laws, like Napster, WikiLeaks, and The Pirate Bay were shuttered, but, for the average person, the internet remained broadly open in the United States.Callum Booth, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Orange Beach has a vulgarity ordinance on the books, which was enacted about a decade ago amid concerns about vulgar or indecent T-shirts and other merchandise sold at souvenir stores.al, al, 20 Jan. 2023
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Because there are more good people than indecent ones.Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2023
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Newsletter On Politics In an era of invective and distrust, two California candidates turned a tie over to chance.Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Once more, Donald Trump’s lawyers are attempting to override the guilty verdict of a jury in the Manhattan hush money case, asking the court to toss it while slinging invective at the office of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, which successfully won Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts this year.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Insulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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