embarrass
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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 only thing keeping him up at night is the thought he might fall over and embarrass himself.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
The leaks that embarrass leaders usually aren’t about confidential business initiatives.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 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
Even those loud Fords quieted down, and no one felt like blowing his horn or leaning out the driver’s side to try and embarrass somebody taking too long to cross the street.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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