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Recent Examples of louche Rather than simply turning back the clock, though, brands like Tory Burch, Versace, Ferragamo, Chanel, and LaQuan Smith are updating the look for a new century with louche shapes and sprays of beads. —
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025 The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills. —Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 By the end of the song, Mars’s excursion into sleaze-funk turns into a full-on Sexyy Red chant-along, with the whole crew turned into a louche league of lip-licking libertines. —Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Dolce & Gabbana showcased beautiful examples in their Spring/Summer 2025 show this past June, as did Amiri, offering another glimpse at a more sartorially louche future. —Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for louche
Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2025 The film is also the director’s love letter to a bygone Los Angeles era, a lost world of louche glamor, with actors, directors, hippies, and hustlers roaming the city’s studio lots, canyons, and hills. —Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025 By the end of the song, Mars’s excursion into sleaze-funk turns into a full-on Sexyy Red chant-along, with the whole crew turned into a louche league of lip-licking libertines. —Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025 Dolce & Gabbana showcased beautiful examples in their Spring/Summer 2025 show this past June, as did Amiri, offering another glimpse at a more sartorially louche future. —Caroline Reilly, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for louche
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Last week, when he was asked about the high ticket prices for the Knicks’ first-round playoff series against the Atlanta Hawks, Mamdani jokingly pointed to a notorious New York sports villain.— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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The intersection is part of a notorious traffic bottleneck that can delay westbound rush hour motorists 15 minutes a day or more, but the house stands slightly above the road and drivers in heavy stop-and-go congestion rarely seem to notice it.— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
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The show stops at peak Elvis, before the infamous Vegas years and the further breakdown of one of one of the most famous Americans ever to live.— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
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Bravo’s Summer House is engulfed in its own scandal, which follows in the footsteps of Vanderpump Rules’ now infamous Scandoval from 2023.— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
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For the first time, Rue is placed in the caretaker role, personally dropping Angel off at a shady rehab facility.— Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
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Put it out in a shady space to delay spoilage and replace any remaining suet after two weeks.— Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
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In 2025 alone, the city paid these firms more than $20 million to fight the claims of people whose criminal convictions were overturned in court.— Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
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Assault victims in Virginia may seek a civil resolution to their criminal case through accord and satisfaction, an agreement for an amount owed in damages, such as money to cover the cost of medical bills or property repairs.— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
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And never mind that this is simply wrong, almost to the point of being immoral.— The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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To do so is to be tacitly complicit in what these companies know to be wrong, unethical and immoral.— Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026
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