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
It was believed to be the only red card ever handed out after a World Cup final, and the ignominy it brought was well-deserved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
So by this season, Cardinals fans had already saddled Walker with the ultimate label of ignominy: He was a bust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Instead, back-to-back defeats by Scotland and Ireland have left them fighting to regain momentum and avoid the ignominy of historic low.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
The damnable metal frightened him in its unnaturalness, and he felt already the ignominy of defeat.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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I’m filling in for Ian today, so let’s take a break from the usual ignominies we cover on the Slatest to talk about something completely different.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Who never spoke about their ignominies because they were afraid we wouldn’t be there for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
“Rupert Wins Again,” declared the Politico press critic Jack Shafer, who noted Mr. Murdoch’s long history of paying tens of millions of dollars to settle claims of phone hacking, workplace harassment and other ignominies.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
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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