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One narrative was that Brooks was scandalizing the idea of “real” country music because he incorporated rock music into tracks like “Papa Loved Mama” and covered Aerosmith.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2021

Bertram, a bachelor pastor on Long Island who was scandalizing locals with his “daring riding, fashionable dress, and manner of conducting his church.”

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2018

She was amazed at his bravery, although she felt that there was a sort of indelicacy and naïve grossness about it that was scandalizing.

From The Public vs. M. Gustave Flaubert by Various

But the company imposed silence on him: he was scandalizing M. Venot.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile