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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

But as Dr. Oz and Dr. Phil continue to embarrass themselves publicly, some wonder what responsibility Winfrey feels for making them famous.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Wainschel’s post, which was OK’d by his daughter on the condition he didn’t embarrass her, didn’t lead to a job but did result in productive conversations, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 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

We both dug, with him going double fast to embarrass me into doing it better, till we had a hole big enough to fit a cocker spaniel.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025

“You have to be on the side of, let’s make our no-calls our mistakes. Not the one where you blow the whistle and the replay embarrasses us because there’s nothing there.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

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

“Just take care of this one before he embarrasses me all over Coalwood.”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

“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

“I would be so embarrassed if I told you, ‘Well, now I’m going to try harder,’” McDaniel said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 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

Sometimes, people can feel embarrassed in the moment.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 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

He was called a "disgrace" and "embarrassing" by United legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane after the 7-0 loss to Liverpool in 2023, while Chris Sutton said he should never captain the club again.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

All in all, an embarrassing evening for the former congresswoman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

Amanda complains that he is embarrassing her in front of her friend.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na