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disgrace

[dis-greys] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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Graham believes their activities will ruin the program and disgrace the memory of its founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Nandy convened a meeting with social media firms on Tuesday afternoon to discuss such abuse, but she called social media company X a "disgrace" for failing to turn up.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

"ITV and Lifted Entertainment, you're a total disgrace," he wrote on Instagram.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

"I'm aware of the report, the president is too, I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

It took a clobbering in the Blitz—I wasn’t there, thank God—and the replacement buildings and the tower block are a national disgrace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The half-hour series stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback for a big-name team who disgraces himself during the Rose Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

Officers aren’t allowed to conduct themselves in a way that personally disgraces them or dishonors the military profession, according to military law cited by the newspaper.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

The Monday column by Dylan Hernández, ostensibly about Kershaw making the All-Star team, disgraces the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2022

A fired-up FitzSimons added that "with such personal abuse, the Senator disgraces the office he holds".

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2016

But they had sent her back to her own mother and father, a mysterious act hinting at disgraces not told me.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

A New York judge on Wednesday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison, marking the latest chapter in the tangled legal saga of the disgraced Hollywood mogul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

The Emmy-nominated, darkly comic thriller about a unit of disgraced British spies — starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and Kristen Scott Thomas — remains sharp and propulsive, one of the best series on TV.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

In early results from the special election runoff to complete the congressional term of disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, state Sen. Aisha Wahab was in the lead late Tuesday by a narrow margin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Once China's richest man, disgraced property tycoon Xu Jiayin looked worn as a court in China handed the now white-haired Evergrande founder a life sentence on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Once long ago she had explained to me that she had disgraced her family when she had run away from her husband and they would never want to see her again.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz

“I have learned hard lessons from this experience, including disgracing my family and destroying my career and reputation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

He argues they ruined his life by painting him as a callous man who had broken the moral and legal rules of war, disgracing his country in the process.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

"The disgracing of a dead body and setting it on fire are strictly forbidden in Islam," the court ruled.

From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2022

“You are disgracing this city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,” she added.

From Fox News ● May 30, 2020

“Do you thus repay my kindness by disgracing yourself?” she demanded.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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