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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
that novel was once regarded as a wanton tale of forbidden love
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as in passionate
having a strong sexual desire
in earlier times, novelists usually portrayed wanton women as coming to a bad end
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as in cruel
having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others
a wanton attack on unarmed civilians
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Recent Examples of wanton
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
Sadly, some of the same congressmen who are enraged by the shooting of Mr. Trump also repeatedly block any legislation that would make Americans less vulnerable to wanton shootings.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2018, Marks was identified as a person of interest in a wanton endangerment investigation after a woman reported to police that another driver cut her off and then cocked and pointed a handgun at her during a confrontation at a traffic light.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
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While communities rose up and launched far larger counter-protests that ended the wanton destruction and violence, Britain is still questioning itself.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024
Sadly, some of the same congressmen who are enraged by the shooting of Mr. Trump also repeatedly block any legislation that would make Americans less vulnerable to wanton shootings.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
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Additionally, the reality star and entrepreneur is facing charges of negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2018, Marks was identified as a person of interest in a wanton endangerment investigation after a woman reported to police that another driver cut her off and then cocked and pointed a handgun at her during a confrontation at a traffic light.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024
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Its upper reaches are the playground for obscene displays of wealth.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Racist and obscene comments from some of the event’s early speakers were clipped and flagged by popular X users like @Acyn and Aaron Rupar.Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
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Thanks to the passionate efforts of the Saratoga Historical Foundation, the Saratoga Village Development Council and the Village Gardeners, our city flourishes with beauty, character and community spirit.Yan Zhao, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Tyler has built his career on intensely passionate fans and zigging where others zag.Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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The in-person aspects of the contest have remained generally positive, but online, with each new addition, the very nature of commenting on people’s bodies, looks, and attractiveness is basically heavy bait for someone to eventually say something cruel.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
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Yet some began to blanch at this cruel ostentation.Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
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Especially as Asia’s most stable democracy flirts with chaos.William Pesek, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Galleria Continua’s proposition for Oh La La! flirts with provocation and banks on contrast and duality.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Trump was heard bragging in vulgar terms about women.Alena Botros, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
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Residents were also instructed to clean and scrub any containers with hot soapy water or bleach to remove any Aedes aegypti eggs and leave them to dry for at least a day.Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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That's a bit hotter than the 2.4% annual rate in September, which was the slowest pace since President Joe Biden’s first full month in office.Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Tyson was known for his brutal knockouts, as his first 19 fights ended early — 12 in the first round.Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In our age of brutal wars, authoritarian politics, cultures of contempt, and technology that promises to replace us with machines, what is left of the idea of the human being?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The British actor finds the humor and sensitivity in his lustful swain, and his mellifluous voice is perfectly matched to Shakespeare’s prose.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Otto Hightower – 3 points The grandson Otto installed as king is overruling him in front of the people and getting bamboozled into ousting him as Hand by a man who trades secrets in exchange for lustful glances at Otto’s daughter’s toes.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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“Wanton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wanton. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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