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Thousands turned up including many families of the IRA's notoriously militant East Tyrone Brigade, some of whom were there to show they had switched allegiance away from Sinn Fein to the anti-ceasefire republican groups like the now defunct Real IRA, which has morphed into the new IRA.
Their equipment was outdated and ill-maintained, since army purchases were notoriously corrupt.
Unsuccessful contestants are then forced to exit by attempting to lift the notoriously tricksy, rust-riddled garage door, while successful candidates are allowed to exit using the side door and taken directly on to the O2 Arena stage where they'll perform again in front of thousands of hysterical fans.
Reporting in northern Nigeria is notoriously difficult; journalists have been targeted by Boko Haram, and, unlike in Paris, people on the ground are isolated and struggle with access to the internet and other communications.
Predicting events inside this large and secretive clan is notoriously difficult and often described as a sort of Arabian version of Cold War-era Kremlinology.
As it happens, despite food writer Rebecca Seal's warning that baklava is "notoriously tricky to make", I found it surprisingly easy.
That means it's either deliberately pumped into the homes of infirm people who have lost their remotes – unlikely, because they're a notoriously unappealing demographic for advertisers – or people are ashamed of watching it.
But much of the transformation of the Queen's image, from the chilly, notoriously philistinic matriarch who couldn't care less about Diana to an ever more droll and sympathetic mentor to pitifully grateful prime ministers is surely attributable to Mirren's superb acting, and to the writers who have increasingly depicted the monarch as – so long as you are not Margaret Thatcher – fabulous company.
But before all that, in the early 1960s, Prexy Nesbitt was just another young black man thrown over the hood of his car by one of Chicago's notoriously brutal police.
Late last year, following decades of profound systematic abuse, institutional racism and the repeated denial of civil rights, Chicago citizens asked the United Nations to classify what their notoriously brutal police force does to them, in an American city, as a violation of international anti-torture statutes.
Scientists are notoriously bad at disclosing the truth, but, in its futile quest for a hidden agenda that is not there, the press is missing much of the point.
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The adverb "notoriously" modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to indicate that something is widely known, particularly for negative qualities or characteristics. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage.
Expression frequency: Very common
