embarrass
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That does not just embarrass the network, it threatens the corporation itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
If you are going to go, can you at least not embarrass yourself?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
As a place that came of age with the automobile, Los Angeles is a sprawl of freeways with a public transport system that would embarrass any medium-sized European city.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
But he's also very loud and he does bear grudges: he will undoubtedly continue to swing punches at OpenAI and attempt to embarrass it from his social network X.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“Anyway,” I said, “you better not embarrass me here.”
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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Or from locking up Mick Cronin through 2030, even though UCLA’s prickly basketball coach embarrasses the university annually and hasn’t reached a Sweet 16 since 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
I was in my living room, sunk into the chaise lounge I retreat to, comfortable in a way that now embarrasses me, when I heard my mother’s voice in the other room calling my father.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
I guess he is about 80, but the answer he gives embarrasses me.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
“You have to be on the side of, let’s make our no-calls our mistakes. Not the one where you blow the whistle and the replay embarrasses us because there’s nothing there.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The word artist embarrasses me; I prefer painter, because it’s more like a valid job.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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Yeah, the Cardinals — led by rookie head coach Mike LaFleur, the Rams’ former offensive coordinator — embarrassed the Bolts at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
She’s only 4 and she’s already embarrassed by me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Our house was small, and I was embarrassed to have friends over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Parton said her husband, who was notoriously private, was a bit embarrassed by the song.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dr. Achebe looked at the floor for the first time, as if he was embarrassed.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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“Most people don’t want to be embarrassing and don’t want to turn in work that’s embarrassing,” she says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Juiced” was modeled along the lines of “Punk’d,” the Ashton Kutcher-hosted hidden-camera show that set up the unsuspecting for embarrassing moments, a prominent example of cruelty as entertainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He was excused after three embarrassing losses to start his second season; he went 5-10 as a head coach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Is it, as younger generations might argue, simply being embarrassing?
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
He must have told his doctor, Lewis Fielding, all sorts of intimate and potentially embarrassing details.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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