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Meanings of scandalous story in English

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Usage of scandalous story in English
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Why, a scandalous story like that could even reach the papers.
Latte trouble
2
She has always known that scandalous story about you and me.
The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck: A Comedy of Limitations
3
I- Icouldn'trun the risk of his starting heaven knows what scandalous story.
V. V.'s Eyes
4
Then, apropos of his monkish relative, he told a scandalous story.
Cæsar or Nothing
5
However, it was his that had made a niche in art and scandalous story.
The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
6
You will not believe this horrible, scandalous story, Mary!
Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
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But it seemed like nothing else was in the news after the scandalous story first broke.
Radio NZ
8
Believe me, Giovanni would relinquish all intentions of marrying the Astrardente rather than have this scandalous story published.
Saracinesca
9
This scandalous story would have been consigned to forgetfulness, if it had not been for the Chevalier de Ville-Follet's indiscretion.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
10
From her lips I heard that day the old, scandalous story of Monseigneur de Richelieu's early passion for Anne of Austria.
Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
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Bonaparte's enemies got hold of the scandalous story, and made a weapon of it with which to assail him as a hero.
Queen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era
12
There were papers, he said, which would pay as much as a hundred francs for a scandalous story about the Roman princes.
The Heart of Rome: A Tale of the "Lost Water"
13
Mr. Arkwright here has brought in a scandalous story about your being engaged to that-thatJosh person-theclerk in one of the departments.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
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For a scandalous story or two, head to the bar -bartender Johnny has been pouring martinis since the Rat Pack ruled town.
BBC
15
I knew an author of a book, who was drawn in unwarily, and without design, to publish a scandalous story of a tradesman in London.
The Complete English Tradesman (1839 ed.)
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The tabloid specializes in scandalous stories about celebrities and has been supportive of Trump.
Reuters
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Scandalous story across language varieties
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