humiliation
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By the time England take the field for the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's on Thursday it will be 145 days since their Ashes humiliation was completed in Sydney.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Perhaps the biggest humiliation — at least until the recent twin debacles of the Freedom 250 implosion and the Kennedy Center ruling — was the Super Bowl halftime show.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Rudd seems to have been told he’s in one, playing Rick’s humiliation so large that he looks unhinged, his face covered in cuts and bruises of his own doing that, distractingly, never seem to heal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
"That wasn't a humiliation but a logical response to a given situation."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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