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disgrace

[dis-grays] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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Graham believes their activities will ruin the program and disgrace the memory of its founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

As a consequence, Lyalin was ordered to return to Moscow in disgrace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Inside, The Red Army group of fans opted not to bring in their usual banners - instead display a single banner above the players' tunnel stating: "The way you treat us is a disgrace."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"It's a disgrace and we find as parents we are constantly facing brick walls when it comes to issues around special educational needs."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

I supposed Ma thought that if my disgrace came out, the Wong family might still accept me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The half-hour series stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback for a big-name team who disgraces himself during the Rose Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

Officers aren’t allowed to conduct themselves in a way that personally disgraces them or dishonors the military profession, according to military law cited by the newspaper.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

The real Sin-Eater is caught by Spider-Man, though, which disgraces Brock and causes him to hate Spider-Man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2018

A fired-up FitzSimons added that "with such personal abuse, the Senator disgraces the office he holds".

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2016

But they had sent her back to her own mother and father, a mysterious act hinting at disgraces not told me.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

You may remember Tyler Shultz from HBO’s “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” or even the fictionalized series “The Dropout” starring Amanda Seyfried as the disgraced Theranos CEO.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

In reaching out to disgraced or out-of-fashion actors, the company is getting notable names for their bargain-basement productions.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

It’s about a month before Holmes begins her prison sentence, and the disgraced Theranos CEO is the picture of domestic bliss, lightly beating a bowl of eggs in the kitchen of a rental home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

He was not to die in the handsome uniform of the King’s Own Regiment which he had disgraced, but in the farm clothes Johnny had procured for him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Jurors accepted prosecutors' argument that Webster had "spearheaded" an attack on police lines and that he was responsible for "disgracing a democracy that he once fought honourably to protect and serve".

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022

"The disgracing of a dead body and setting it on fire are strictly forbidden in Islam," the court ruled.

From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2022

“You are disgracing this city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,” she added.

From Fox News ● May 30, 2020

“You are disgracing our city,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2020

Beyond anything else, he was afraid of disgracing himself, and therefore his family and village.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien


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