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They resorted to the common, if infantile tactic of asking repeated simple but irrelevant questions in an attempt to embarrass their target.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

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 look at her, begging her to leave, not to embarrass me.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

Nothing embarrasses Bella Baxter, the toddler-brained dervish of Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 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

When I lived here as a teen, I wanted nothing more than to assimilate, to achieve what was expected of me, a fact that embarrasses me now.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2023

That’s part of it, no doubt, but what embarrasses me much more, and always will, is the paralysis that took my heart.

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

What financial skill do you feel like you “should” have by now but are too embarrassed to ask about?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

Asked by a prosecutor if she was embarrassed by her past relationship, she replied, “He was a friend. And I regret being a friend to him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

He said he initially felt frustrated and embarrassed before coming to realise the severity of the situation.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The UK government should be "embarrassed" that boxing champion Bilal Fawaz does not have a British passport after living in the country for more than 20 years, says his promoter Eddie Hearn.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

I still feel embarrassed about throwing Leo’s hat out the window, even if he and I have made up.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

"People don't talk about having no friends a lot... I think it's still what people would consider embarrassing or a little taboo," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The latest incident follows several embarrassing episodes this season with the Giants, who through Thursday are 47-62 and 22 games behind the first-place Dodgers in the National League West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Looking to avoid an embarrassing L, the committee postponed the Blanche vote, which had been scheduled for Thursday.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

“It’s embarrassing if you don’t come with one,” Kirsty Downes, 35, said as several other Pitbull lookalikes strode through Hyde Park on the way to the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Everyone’s staring at her, and it’s got to be embarrassing.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila