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This legal tactic—a sensible move by any defense attorney—would abase the proceedings with another cliché of human banalities: the family squabble.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2021
It is far more appropriate to take strength from an ultimately uplifting afternoon than abase oneself over an inconsequential refereeing call.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2018
Why do you need to abase and demean me?
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2018
More than that, he’s willing to abase himself in extraordinary ways.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2018
And yet when he says, “I am from outer space,” some of you actually shut your eyes, abase your intellects, and believe!
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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