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He was a notorious drug dealer.notorious = well known for something bad
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She is notorious for flagrant fouls and losing her temper.
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But who would suspect that the giant armadillo was a notorious cage-breaker? (source)notorious = infamous (well known for something bad)
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"A majority of those years have been spent serving in Garden Heights," the voice-over continues, "a neighborhood notorious for gangs and drug dealers." (source)notorious = well known for something bad
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One of the suspects called a notorious drug dealer to offer him a chance to buy some stolen watches. (source)notorious = well known (for something bad)
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...but his job lasted only as long as his notoriety: (source)notoriety = the state of being known for something bad
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After leaving the summit, fifteen minutes of cautious shuffling over a 7,000-foot abyss brought me to the notorious Hillary Step, (source)notorious = well known for something bad
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...Neville's memory was notoriously poor. (source)notoriously = widely known in a bad way
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She'd been well-known at school, and it was great end-of-summer gossip, earning me a newfound notoriety that made me very uncomfortable. (source)notoriety = fame for something bad
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He investigated the case with great care, for Dr. Roylott's conduct had long been notorious in the county, but he was unable to find any satisfactory cause of death. (source)notorious = well known for something bad
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The Union Leader was a notoriously conservative paper, The New York Times a liberal one. (source)
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These religious policies earned universal notoriety as the Taliban strived to restore the Middle Ages in a nation longing to join the twenty-first century. (source)notoriety = fame for something bad
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In the days that followed, ballad sellers began to cry out new and final verses to the notorious life of Hold-Your-Nose Billy and his partner, Cutwater. (source)notorious = well known for something bad
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who ... was notoriously selfish and cruel, (source)notoriously = well known, in a bad way, for being
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I think it's appalling that a public servant, paid by the city, would seek notoriety through tragedy. (source)notoriety = fame for connection to something bad
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The last king of the Shang Dynasty, he was a notorious tyrant in Chinese history.† (source)
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