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Or he may have wanted to embarrass Beijing by highlighting its ties to Pyongyang, although those are well-established for the world to see.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

More than revenge, Cassie wants to embarrass potential assailants and jolt them, however briefly, out of their repugnant misogyny.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

What struck me were my father’s words: “Never embarrass the family name.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

Money seemed to embarrass her, and though she was obviously quite well off, she preferred to pretend otherwise.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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

His invasion and behavior embarrasses many Russian speakers and makes them rethink their allegiance.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

It is a meal he knows it has taken his mother over a day to prepare, and yet the amount of effort embarrasses him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

“I personally watched ‘American state of the art technology’ just get embarrassed on the battlefield,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Many prominent men have already been publicly embarrassed by their ties to Epstein.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

“I want him to be able to say when he’s scared, hurt, embarrassed or wrong without feeling like those things diminish him.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

They told him a woman had transferred her life savings to someone she thought was him and was left totally embarrassed.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Amy Post responded to Maggie and Leah’s embarrassed cries, and burst into the room to halt the examination.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

I love the strange emotion in these songs — the feeling that you might as well say what you want because the only thing more embarrassing than taking a risk is not taking one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tesla’s demonstration of a levitating Roadster sports car was “an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Roadster demo “was an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers,” Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, wrote on X.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The lie collapsed with almost embarrassing speed, and the people who spread it now face potential legal exposure.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

“If at any time what I’m saying makes it awkward or embarrassing for you, just turn around and leave,” said Ehrlichman.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin