cringe
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The results of a recent survey from wealth-management platform Betterment are making America’s financial advisers cringe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Social media users were also split, with one viewer writing that Meghan was "warm, gracious and a delight to watch" while another called Prince Harry's cameo appearance "cringe".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Still, it’s a shame that for the first time in two and a half decades of cringe comedy, the guffaws feel forced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
“To be cringe about it, the ’90s babydoll dress wasn’t designed for the male gaze,” says my friend Rachel, a keen observer of Gen X fashion then and now.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Then, without thinking, I grab my napkin, press it against my jawline, and cringe in pain.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
He drives a Ford pickup truck and cringes at needing a security detail, according to a person who knows him well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
"I was in the studio and Lois texted me, 'By the way, we forgot our anniversary'," he cringes.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
But he cringes when anyone suggests he’s an adrenaline junkie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2024
I'm a loving person who cringes at everything associated with February 14, a fan of democracy who wants to hide every time July 4 rolls around and a very grateful individual who actively dislikes Thanksgiving.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
My socks squelch with each step in my new boots, earning a string of cringes.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Like almost every parent, I cringed whenever my child or another player headed the ball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Daddy’s home,” someone said, and a nation cringed.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023
The lead lawyer for Google "visibly cringed" when the specific share of ad revenue sent to Apple was revealed, according to Bloomberg.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
As a nurse attending births in the 1980s, Sojobi said, she cringed when she observed patients being hustled to the operating room if they hadn’t given birth by a set time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
Nearby, the yellow dog cringed and tried to slink away from Old Tallow’s glare.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Anyone beyond the land of candlepin bowling and cringing at red clam chowder thought they had a better shot at finishing at the bottom of the standings than reaching the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
These lies are so dumb and easy to disprove that the onetime criminal defense attorney in me is cringing.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2024
Even some liberal economists are cringing a bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
“If I’m not embarrassed by what I did yesterday, if I’m not cringing about what I did yesterday, I did not grow,” Ms. Bichri said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
She still doesn’t speak, cringing every time Rolf stomps through the house in his shiny boots.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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