abject
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England were 15 minutes from one of the most abject humiliations in their World Cup history until Harry Kane's late heroics helped them overcome DR Congo to face Mexico in the last 16.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Brontë subjects her characters to the competing influences of the two houses; those who venture too close to the Heights—such as Catherine’s daughter, years later—get sucked into the abject darkness within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Those who paid hundreds of pounds to travel to Paris and watch an abject Champions League performance devoid of ambition were not so lucky.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
However, he put in an abject 49-minute second-round performance against world number 90 Berrettini.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
The color of his pallor, however, was a curiously basic white—unmixed, that is, with the greens and yellows of guilt or abject contrition.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing abject
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Grade 12, List 1
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