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disgrace

[dis-greys] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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"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'm aware of the report, the president is too, I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

Just two months after issuing that ruling, the judge resigned in disgrace rather than face removal from the bench.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

He called the verdict a disgrace and said he had never met Carroll.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The king married his beautiful daughter to him, and the other suitors were sent home in disgrace.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

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 Monday column by Dylan Hernández, ostensibly about Kershaw making the All-Star team, disgraces the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2022

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

From BBC Nov. 21, 2016

“We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy,” he said.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

The Emmy-nominated, darkly comic thriller about a unit of disgraced British spies — starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and Kristen Scott Thomas — remains sharp and propulsive, one of the best series on TV.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

Once China's richest man, disgraced property tycoon Xu Jiayin looked worn as a court in China handed the now white-haired Evergrande founder a life sentence on Thursday.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Some victims of disgraced undertaker Robert Bush have not been refunded for fake funeral plans he sold to them, a court has heard.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

In November, Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, stepped down from OpenAI’s board following the release of emails linking him to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 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

“I have learned hard lessons from this experience, including disgracing my family and destroying my career and reputation,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 28, 2025

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

“Do you thus repay my kindness by disgracing yourself?” she demanded.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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