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embarrass

[em-bar-uhs] / ɛmˈbær əs /


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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

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

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

“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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