disgrace
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In January, MPs on the Health Committee described the backslide as "national disgrace".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"I'm aware of the report, the president is too, I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Just two months after issuing that ruling, the judge resigned in disgrace rather than face removal from the bench.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He called the verdict a disgrace and said he had never met Carroll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She had heard Alexandra go on at length about Disgraces to Families: disgrace involved being sent to Mobile and shut up in a Home away from decent people.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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The half-hour series stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback for a big-name team who disgraces himself during the Rose Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The radical deliberation of Polanski’s framing, emphasizing Szpilman’s helplessness at every turn, disgraces the usual bromides about the triumph of the human spirit, as does Adrien Brody’s still-astonishing performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Officers aren’t allowed to conduct themselves in a way that personally disgraces them or dishonors the military profession, according to military law cited by the newspaper.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
What’s disappointing is the degree to which its exercise of muscle exposes and disgraces others.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
“We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy,” he said.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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In early results from the special election runoff to complete the congressional term of disgraced former Rep. Eric Swalwell, state Sen. Aisha Wahab was in the lead late Tuesday by a narrow margin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Once China's richest man, disgraced property tycoon Xu Jiayin looked worn as a court in China handed the now white-haired Evergrande founder a life sentence on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In November, Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, stepped down from OpenAI’s board following the release of emails linking him to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It’s not like Journalism has been disgraced during his four-race winless streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Because of this code, in my time in Harlem I’d personally known a dozen husders who, threatened, left town, disgraced.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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“I have learned hard lessons from this experience, including disgracing my family and destroying my career and reputation,” he wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
He argues they ruined his life by painting him as a callous man who had broken the moral and legal rules of war, disgracing his country in the process.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
"The disgracing of a dead body and setting it on fire are strictly forbidden in Islam," the court ruled.
From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2022
“You are disgracing this city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,” she added.
From Fox News ● May 30, 2020
They couldn’t live in the neighborhood after the way Johnny was disgracing them.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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