insult
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To add more insult, their former player received the MVP award!
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Twenty years later, the insult was still on Argentina’s mind when the two sides crossed paths again at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Price delivers “Oval Room” with the same steely, straight-ahead tone that Foley had, offering a very faithful reading of the original — but that’s not meant as an insult or a diminishment of Price’s approach.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
In May, the NEU said 6.5% over three years was unlikely to match inflation and called the proposal an "insult".
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
“No. I’m not trying to insult you. I just—” I took a deep breath.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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Brazil's government on Sunday also summoned Argentina's ambassador to discuss those "insults," the source told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
"There were some insults form the other bench we could have done without," said France boss Didier Deschamps in his news conference afterwards.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Certainly Dana White realized he could sell more pay-per-views by playing up personal insults and grudge matches.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026
“He screams. He insults, He gets out of a helicopter, he says he has to have a Rolex, he talks about his wealth,” Fajardo said in a gathering with supporters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The canal was disgusting—smelly and salty and as warm as soup—but Frank forged through it, dodging gondolas and speedboats, pausing occasionally to chitter dolphin insults at the monsters who followed him on the sidewalks.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Police say the brothers insulted a woman during an altercation over loud noise.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Musk has offered to fund a private prosecution against the police over its handling of the murder, and insulted the Hampshire Police force.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Petro and Trump have clashed and regularly publicly insulted each other over issues including drug-trafficking and US intervention in the region, though relations improved after a meeting at the White House in February.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Woodson was probably more insulted by being called an intellectual, but the episode speaks volumes about why he parted ways with traditional civil-rights leaders in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
English was then still a party favor for me—crack open the dictionary, find out if I'd just been insulted, praised, admonished, criticized.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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A civic group and bereaved families filed a complaint accusing members of the Shinsegae Group, which operates Starbucks Korea, of defaming and insulting the victims and relatives.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jenkinson is accused of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour and had been due to stand trial on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The chasteness of Nolan’s version bugs me as it’s insulting he doesn’t trust audiences to grapple with this hero’s moral complexity — and I’m gut-sick that he’s probably right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
But Ham’s gambit is insulting on another level, because this is also a common sense issue.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Constance poked an angry snout down at the insulting young fox.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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