How to Use scandal in a Sentence
scandal
noun- It's a scandal that this city doesn't have a movie theater.
- There was never a hint of scandal during her time in office.
- There was a major scandal involving the mayor's ties with the Mob.
- Government officials were caught in an embezzlement scandal.
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The scandal sent two judges to prison and unseated a third.
—Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
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The pair remained friendly but distant in the wake of their scandal.
—Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
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The Post Office scandal has been reported in the British press for well over a decade.
—Scott Bryan, Variety, 7 Apr. 2024
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The scandals just can’t hold back a Golden Globes red carpet!
—Vulture, 7 Jan. 2024
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At the time, Hilton’s rep attempted to distance her from the tabloid scandal.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Feb. 2024
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Below is a detailed look at the case: What is the Post Office scandal?
—Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
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In the past year, EA has been beset by scandal, including the fall of Bankman-Fried, one of its largest donors.
—Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
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This is the basis of the biggest college football scandal in years.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
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His first impeachment was for two charges stemming from his role in the Ukraine scandal.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
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Despite scandal, the race for Kevin De León’s seat has been lacking in fireworks.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
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If the story feels ripped from the headlines, that’s because the film is loosely inspired by the Mary Kay Letourneau tabloid scandal of the late-1990s.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
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Its efforts were on full steam in the wake of a diesel pollution scandal that engulfed the German brand.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 28 Nov. 2023
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He’s held office for more than eight years, through scandal and error.
—Michael Taube, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2023
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Here's a breakdown of the biggest behind-the-scenes scandals that have rocked the Yellowstone franchise.
—Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
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But in recent years, the tent has struggled to fill A-list names, as amfAR battled a series of scandals.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 26 May 2023
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In fact, Armstrong was one of the officers the city hired to help fill the employment gap over the convergent scandals.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
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This oilman here was not a nabob like Doheny, but his L.A. oil scandal was going on at the same time.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
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The scandal was that Thomas and Crow confirmed all of the reporting, and basically shrugged it off.
—Byalena Botros, Fortune, 14 June 2023
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Prince Harry's Nazi costume scandal will reemerge in the upcoming season of The Crown.
—Dayna Haffenden, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
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One recent food scandal that went viral concerned a rat’s head found in a school meal at a college.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 24 Oct. 2023
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Neruda returned to Chile in 1952, when the González Videla government, mired in scandal, was coming to an end.
—Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
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Murdoch newspapers in the UK backed Brexit and got caught up in a phone hacking scandal.
—WIRED, 21 Sep. 2023
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Trump has been quick to remind the public of Hillary Clinton’s and Joe Biden’s documents scandals.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 17 June 2023
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The amount each retiree can receive was capped in 2004 after a city pension scandal earned San Diego the nickname Enron-by-the-Sea.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
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McKellen says that the secrecy and threat of scandal that Erskine has to endure is what pushes him to the dark side.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
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The scandals, with trendy names like Deflategate and Spygate, just made the Patriots faithful stand their ground and fight back.
—Bill Pennington, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
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