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disgrace

[dis-grays] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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And social media posts go further, dubbing the Grange as "dangerous", "awful" and "a disgrace".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

He previously called the quality of bathing water "a disgrace", adding that issues with sewage discharges were "a very dangerous thing".

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Graham believes their activities will ruin the program and disgrace the memory of its founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

As a consequence, Lyalin was ordered to return to Moscow in disgrace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

I supposed Ma thought that if my disgrace came out, the Wong family might still accept me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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 real Sin-Eater is caught by Spider-Man, though, which disgraces Brock and causes him to hate Spider-Man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2018

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

She worked on high-profile criminal cases including those against music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and Epstein’s former associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

In reaching out to disgraced or out-of-fashion actors, the company is getting notable names for their bargain-basement productions.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

The disgraced music and alcohol mogul has been hospitalized after suffering a head injury, The Times has learned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rikers, which sits on the East River between the Bronx and Queens boroughs, primarily holds people who are awaiting trial in New York, as was the case for disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

If Zeitoun was transferred to a secret prison, their lives would be reversed completely: they would go from the well-off children of a successful man to the disgraced children of a presumptive sleeper-cell mastermind.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

“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

He argues they ruined his life by painting him as a callous man who had broken the moral and legal rules of war, disgracing his country in the process.

From BBC ● May 30, 2023

"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

The only ones not in a party mood were Clarisse and her cabinmates, whose poisonous looks told me theyd never forgive me for disgracing their dad.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan


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