indignity
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Ahead of the visit, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali said his country would continue to champion the reparation issue "because slavery was the worst indignity to humankind".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Ten months after abandoning Ole Miss to coach LSU, Lane Kiffin had returned to Oxford to deal his former employer one more indignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
It was even more of an indignity because Haley lived in and around Knoxville, Tennessee, for long periods of his life.
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
The Angels’ ultimate indignity is its own hometown newspaper doesn’t regard it highly enough to staff its games with a full-time writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
When the strong healthy boy, howling at the indignity of the birth process, was put to her breast, she felt a wild tenderness for him.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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In a film full of contrived indignities, this is the most maddening, suggesting that anyone watching the film is no more clever than the “Fossil Fools” audience members.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The indignities apparently did not stop at the club.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
For the most part, the retrofuturistic vibes of the northern Virginia airport provide some aesthetic relief from the contemporary indignities of air travel.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
The crisis facing those residents is just the latest in a long line of indignities they have suffered thanks to several unique characteristics of their energy market, Hughes says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
It had strengthened them for the indignities of their days.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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Things Fall Apart
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"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 14–18
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