embarrassing situation
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The Dodgers shouldn’t be here battling baseball’s junior varsity, and they know it, and they’re intent on pounding and pitching their way out of this embarrassing situation as quickly as possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Mr. Isaacson, who has published highly praised biographies of such figures as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein and Steve Jobs, is now grappling with an embarrassing situation as publications update their coverage from last week.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
I doubt the embarrassing situation with the unreported Comcast overpayments will have a material impact on Pac-12 negotiations with media partners for the contract cycle that begins in the summer of 2024.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2023
He told BBC Scotland that was "the most embarrassing situation of my life" because he was in places where people knew him but didn't know why he was there.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022
This was a most embarrassing situation, one in which Lord Darlington would never have placed an employee.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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