humiliation
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His willingness to absorb humiliation may even strengthen his position.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
"After that, that's when the humiliation hit me - I really didn't want to be the person that this had happened to, I didn't want to be a victim of a fraud and a fraudster."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A 16-0 humiliation down under in 2025 was the end of her reign.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It’s to experience the visceral thrill and nerve-shredding tension that occurs when two genuine powers square off, with the promise of history-making triumph, individual glory and intense national humiliation all hanging in the balance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
"This is just like the time you left me at the bottom of that lake in Wales. I had to wait fifteen hundred years to be found! The humiliation."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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