sordid business

collocation in English

meaningsofsordidandbusiness

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sordid
adjective
uk
/ˈsɔː.dɪd/us
/ˈsɔːr.dɪd/
dirty ...
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business
noun
uk
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/us
/ˈbɪz.nɪs/
the activity of buying and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofsordidandbusinessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What has been revealed is asordidbusiness.
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Furthermore, thissordidbusinessis being brought right into the homes of the country on television.
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It is asordidbusiness, and the unions demand action.
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Does he appreciate that thissordidbusinesshas gone on since 1704—over 250 years ago?
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It is asordidbusinessand a sordid sea.
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When is thissordidbusinessgoing to stop?
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Above all, they should do everything possible to bring the wholesordidbusinessto an end at the earliest possible moment.
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I find it difficult to understand how he can identify thesordidbusinessof prize fighting with the other sports which have been mentioned.
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This is not necessarily the place to pick over thatsordidbusinessagain.
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It is not in the best interests of family life or the good name and comfort of those engaged in science that they are associated with thissordidbusiness.
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Thesordidbusinessof debt collection is likely to become a growth industry as many people struggle to meet their obligations to pay the poll tax—especially at the present time.
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This is asordidbusiness.
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You are dealing with a class of professional specialists engaged in a cold, calculating,sordidbusiness for the ruin and subsequent financial exploitation of human bodies and souls.
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In view of this melancholy andsordidbusiness, can we have an independent public inquiry into this case which has gone wildly astray in the same way as many others?
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