embarrassing situation
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The Dodgers shouldn’t be here battling baseball’s junior varsity, and they know it, and they’re intent on pounding and pitching their way out of this embarrassing situation as quickly as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Mr. Isaacson, who has published highly praised biographies of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, is now grappling with an embarrassing situation as publications update their coverage from last week.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
The police were under pressure to end such an embarrassing situation.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2021
And while recruiting, facilities and infrastructure improved under his watch, the school is again facing down an embarrassing situation following the failed tenures of Turner Gill, Charlie Weis and David Beaty.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2021
This was a most embarrassing situation, one in which Lord Darlington would never have placed an employee.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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