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She said the "really concerning" cases were times when "the customer is disgruntled about something that's happened... they confront the shop worker, film and upload it in order to embarrass the retailer".

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

The U.K. government can deploy the king abroad to woo foreign governments, but convention dictates politicians cannot embarrass the monarch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

Also, don’t embarrass your friend or shame her daughter by mentioning it to your friend, even in passing.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026

"I wasn't trying to embarrass you," I said, feeling totally ridiculous.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

That just takes 80-something victories, and any owner suggesting it is inordinately challenging to compete for a playoff spot should sell before he embarrasses himself any further.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025

It does not help and often confuses them, not to mention embarrasses them.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

"The seizure of envelopes with money in the office of a person I chose hurts me... embarrasses me before the Portuguese and I have a duty to apologise," Costa said.

From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2023

Today, the photo no longer embarrasses me the way it did when I was a teenager.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Two years since his breakout at Euro 2024, where he embarrassed defenders for fun and still finished his homework on the side, the country’s youngest showstopper has gone oddly quiet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

An embarrassed Wegner said he had played tennis to "clear my head" but this cut little ice with furious voters.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

“I was embarrassed by her because she was a joke,” Steinem told Gail Levin, who directed a documentary about the screen icon for “American Masters.”

From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026

She must also have been embarrassed and possibly humiliated by her employer behaving like this behind her back.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

It smells like Mrs. Partridge is cooking broccoli in 3G—again—and I’m a little embarrassed for Jonesy to smell it.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

This includes Dolan’s fronting of an embarrassing blues-rock band, often while sporting a fedora, and he inflicts his music on audiences by installing himself as the opener for acts like the Eagles.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

Qatar's royal family controversially gifted the retrofitted plane to the United States last year, after Trump complained about the embarrassing state of the older US aircraft that transport the president.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

This is largely the same side that went out of the T20 World Cup in the group stage 20 months ago and one that suffered that embarrassing Ashes clean sweep.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Various visa issues created unnecessary and embarrassing drama; high ticket prices and transportation issues were blamed for empty seats at some of the early games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

So, um, I didn’t realize how embarrassing this story would be.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix