humiliate
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And on the street, when you see people begging, when you hand money to them, do not humiliate them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Northampton scored 14 tries to humiliate Bristol at Franklin's Gardens and confirm their place in the Prem semi-finals.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
The gesture provoked a seismic reaction internationally while infuriating Olympic officials who claimed Smith and Carlos used the world stage to humiliate their home country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
"By insisting on retraction China is trying to humiliate her and turning up the heat on the controversy," Kingston said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
It was meant to humiliate him, but the odd thing was that the attacks hurt less the longer they went on.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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Critics say Philips doesn't just challenge those beliefs - he humiliates the people who hold them.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Earlier in the film, Patrick also publicly humiliates himself for Kat by singing Frankie Valli's song, "Can't Take My Eyes off You" in front of the whole school.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024
The league says its operations manual strictly prohibits bullying and hazing, which is defined as behavior that “harms, intimidates, offends, degrades, threatens, or humiliates another person or creates a risk to their health or safety.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
“It really humiliates the nay-sayers, who think it’s somehow OK for some people to get healthcare and others not,” Kidder said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
My mother’s anger humiliates me; her words chafe my cheeks, and I am crying.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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Three wickets down inside 7.1 overs and with Imam-ul-Haq absent injured, Pakistan could have been humiliated had it not been for Shakeel.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
"I felt disheartened, I felt humiliated in so many ways," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“An entire nation is being humiliated by Iranian leaders and the so-called revolutionary guards,” Merz said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
I’ve oscillated wildly between thinking the U.S. will ride a host-nation bump to the semis and worrying they’ll be humiliated by Paraguay and soccer in this country will be canceled forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
I pulled free, too humiliated to say more.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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Worse, it was just another humiliating misadventure that I’d carry around for years with shame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
"But at the same time, I was very upset and my heart was broken when I saw my son looking like that. It was humiliating."
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The first post called Holmes “a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession.”
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Morocco is to co-host the 2030 World Cup and Moroccan Football chief Fouzi Lekjaa is one of the few to have publicly supported Infantino since the humiliating climbdown.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Babou’s unnecessary and humiliating lesson in how to dam tea had one benefit: I now knew where Mamou kept her tea and hel.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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