disgrace
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"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
Disraeli, who admired Lord Byron and cut a similarly romantic figure, began as a novelist whose financial speculations drove him nearly into disgrace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
Even if he could have borne the disgrace, he’d have lived each day as a fugitive from the Kerch government, a marked man.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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
“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
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
Families of victims of a disgraced funeral boss who failed to bury or cremate people say they feel "really, really let down" and no sentence "could ever be enough".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
It’s not like Journalism has been disgraced during his four-race winless streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
The disgraced yet legendary circus performer Gia Trivelino has escaped.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
“You are disgracing our city,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2020
The only ones not in a party mood were Clarisse and her cabinmates, whose poisonous looks told me theyd never forgive me for disgracing their dad.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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