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disgrace

[dis-greys] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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President Isaac Herzog also condemned the attack in Qusra, while Israel's foreign ministry called the violence "a disgrace".

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

The painter and writer Lachlan Goudie told BBC Scotland News the possibility of the art school not being restored to its former self was a disgrace.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

"It's not just our wee river, it's all over the country, when you hear 50,000 fish killed, I think it's an absolute disgrace," Scullion said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Just two months after issuing that ruling, the judge resigned in disgrace rather than face removal from the bench.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Until today she neither knew nor cared how, because the subject was uninteresting, but if someone had a baby without being married, her family was plunged into deep disgrace.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

What’s disappointing is the degree to which its exercise of muscle exposes and disgraces others.

From Washington Post Nov. 18, 2021

The real Sin-Eater is caught by Spider-Man, though, which disgraces Brock and causes him to hate Spider-Man.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2018

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

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

NHS Tayside "fell significantly short" when asked to provide details linked to disgraced neurosurgeon Sam Eljamel, Scotland's information commissioner has ruled.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Sepp Blatter, Infantino's disgraced predecessor, drew attention to the American connection.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

In November, Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, stepped down from OpenAI’s board following the release of emails linking him to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

For years afterward, we wondered who in our town had disgraced her.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“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

Jurors accepted prosecutors' argument that Webster had "spearheaded" an attack on police lines and that he was responsible for "disgracing a democracy that he once fought honourably to protect and serve".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2022

"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

They couldn’t live in the neighborhood after the way Johnny was disgracing them.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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