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disgrace

[dis-greys] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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In January, MPs on the Health Committee described the backslide as "national disgrace".

From BBC Aug. 3, 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

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

He called the verdict a disgrace and said he had never met Carroll.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

It was a disgrace that as the girls grew older and even to marriageable age they still ran about the village street and left uncombed their rough sunbrowned hair, and sometimes even talked to men.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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

The radical deliberation of Polanski’s framing, emphasizing Szpilman’s helplessness at every turn, disgraces the usual bromides about the triumph of the human spirit, as does Adrien Brody’s still-astonishing performance.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 14, 2023

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

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

From BBC Nov. 21, 2016

“We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy,” he said.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

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

A disgraced funeral director's bank accounts and assets have been frozen, as prosecutors seek to recover cash fleeced from his victims.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

“She’ll only tell me I’ve disgraced the king.”

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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

“You are disgracing our city,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters.

From Seattle Times May 30, 2020

Beyond anything else, he was afraid of disgracing himself, and therefore his family and village.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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