goings-on

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Recent Examples of goings-on But beyond a fascination with ghoulish goings-on, fans of true crime podcasts connect with the hosts differently from followers of other kinds of interview shows. Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 Did the upstairs house potentially illicit goings-on? Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026 Vatu's goings-on mostly took a backseat in Episode 2, though Q still managed to find himself in a few funny situations. Jacob Wilt, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 4 Mar. 2026 That includes breaking stories, polls, the latest from Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court and the White House, and political goings-on from across the nation. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for goings-on
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Noun
  • Extending the statute of limitations for malpractice claims arising from conversion therapy is squarely consistent with Chiles.
    Kris Fair, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
  • He is also named in multiple ongoing medical malpractice lawsuits, with hundreds of former patients signing a class action complaint in 2024.
    Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • So just to be critical or even open to suspicion of hanky-panky or shenanigans around vaccination is immediately shut down by The New York Times or anybody.
    David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
  • And Floria most certainly doesn’t indulge in any of the hanky-panky in elevators and storerooms of the kind that the randy staffers in Grey’s Anatomy wallow in.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • According to Becerra, actually, Democrats have done wonders for Californians with only a few minor indiscretions.
    Rafael Perez, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In this case, the arc of the season was primed for Batula to be the victim rising from the ashes of her divorce, only for her recent romantic indiscretions to shatter that fantasy.
    Shamira Ibrahim, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The federal investigation chronicled those editorials this page published about the DA’s misdeeds.
    John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Most of the long montage took issue with what the band presented as America’s historic misdeeds, from the era of slavery up through America’s missile strikes in Iran.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The evidence relating to these crimes was of special interest, given that Kirwan’s murder and Gately’s surveillance are also part of the charge against Kinahan.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Butts is charged with one count of false pretenses ($100,000 or more), three counts of false pretenses ($50,000 or more but less than $100,000), two counts of false pretenses ($20,000 or more but less than $50,000), 12 counts of identity theft, and two counts of using a computer to commit a crime.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Yet there's a sense of familiarity, a return to their origins in both heritage and early hip-hop influences.
    Jane Mo, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Stewart’s successor, Mayor Bobby Sanchez, a Democrat, suspended Blogoslawski in February amid allegations of improprieties, including the careless handling of cash and the backdating of tax payments to avoid interest penalties.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Allegations of impropriety within SPLC’s ranks date back further.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026

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“Goings-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goings-on. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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