cringe
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Cringe at the frustration and infighting as union leaders clash over how to take on the powers that be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2024
Cringe is not any one thing, but you know it when you see it.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2023
The motto for his campaign for Pennsylvania senator might as well have been "Cringe."
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2022
Cringe is when you feel bad for the person who sent the flowers.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022
Cringe, if thou wilt, sue, bend the knee to power.
From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Smith, Goldwin
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