Sentence examples for dubious position from inspiring English sources

The government, they said, was in the dubious position of holding people indefinitely without charging them with a crime.

For Republican leaders to act blindsided that such a man might have other character flaws is a dubious position.

"Then the spoofer is in the dubious position of having to consciously shorten a key-press action by 10 milliseconds," Professor Maxion says.

Expressions like "the Roman Catholic Church" and "the Ministry of Education" (of a specific state) also have a dubious position as to their status as real names.

Brussels' policy is now one of encouraging "change through engagement" – a dubious position given that Lukashenko has shown very few signs of lessening his grip on power.

Between 1993 and 2011, Fujii published 212 papers, 172 of which contained falsified data, catapulting him into the dubious position of world record holder for research fraud.

Among other dubious positions, he has questioned the constitutionality of unemployment benefits.

Yet she was also disturbed by her talent for advocating morally dubious positions, like capitalism's benefits for the poor, or "things oppressed people should do about their oppression".

But conservatives see a flawed candidate -- who has held dubious positions on health care reform, abortion and gun control.

Zito also holds a couple more dubious positions on Oakland's list: his 148 home runs allowed rank fifth, and his 65 hit by pitches rank fourth (although he trails Eddie Plank, Chief Bender, and Rube Waddell in that category).

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