poor taste, in
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Mr. Carr also threatened action against ABC affiliates after late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel made a joke in poor taste about Charlie Kirk.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025
Where is entertainment’s place when tragedy strikes, and is it in poor taste to forge on?
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025
“Jeopardy!” fans said that the clue was not only in poor taste, but an indirect approach to the correct answer.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022
In a tweet, he accepted the remark was "in poor taste" and said he had "dropped Jeremy a note directly to apologise for any offence caused".
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
When she sees her father dash by, Yoyo thinks he is playing one of his games that nobody likes, and that Mami says are in poor taste.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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