ignominy
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The decision to also allow a visit from Ye Win Oo was "adding to its ignominy", the statement added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But the Reds/Generals would go on to lose their next 17,000 games, an unbroken streak of ignominy that continues to this day.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The ignominy was something he could have carried with him, but the 23-year-old has been forced back into action after Guglielmo Vicario had hernia surgery last month.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
Then closer Devin Williams blew the save, and the Mets fell in the 10th inning, keeping their streak of ignominy alive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Growing up in a Victorian upper-class America in which reputation was social currency, he must have felt the sting of the family’s ignominy.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Who never spoke about their ignominies because they were afraid we wouldn’t be there for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The works performed by Blue Heron escaped such ignominies because a chorister from Magdalene College, Oxford, copied them out for use in the newly reconstituted Canterbury Cathedral.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2019
In addition to these ignominies, the news shows faced declining ratings.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2019
After Vrabel reported those ignominies, the live-stream discussion switched to a debate over what constitutes sexism.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2017
And Terryl felt the other ignominies in her life, such as sometimes showing up at school without a lunch.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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