embarrassment
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The latest polls suggest that a full 20 percent of the electorate intends to vote for the bin, a gigantic improvement on any of Binface’s past showings, and in any case an embarrassment for Farage.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even now, Cole says she retains "some residual shame" about her condition and wants to live in a world where people can "tic freely" without embarrassment.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The touching moments of aspirational maturity are set against bouts of jealousy, public embarrassment and other adolescent growing pains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
“Hillbilly Elegy” was turned into a 2020 film by Ron Howard, but it is mostly remembered as an embarrassment.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
But now I recalled those times he’d talked about his sister, his embarrassment, his anger.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Their affiliation with the foundation ultimately became institutional embarrassments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025
The moves by Khanna and Veasy put Republicans in an awkward spot, but they are likely just symbolic embarrassments.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2025
What if further embarrassments emerge from US court cases about Jeffrey Epstein?
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
She reminds us that “his every step” has been “inspected and analyzed: his promise, his awkwardness, his happiness, his suffering, his betrayals and embarrassments and mistakes, his loneliness, his success.”
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
I thought about life, about my life, the embarrassments, the little coincidences, the shadows of alarm clocks on bedside tables.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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"One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia, List 1
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