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One foreign diplomat texted The Washington Post’s Ishaan Tharoor: “This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?”

From Salon

Meanwhile he said it was "embarrassing" that some European nations were buying oil and gas from Russia even as they oppose its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC

"It's difficult with professors who themselves have busy schedules, trying to say, 'oh, can I have a 20-minute lenience window?' It's quite embarrassing."

From BBC

And then I missed a session and was too embarrassed to schedule another one.

From Salon

“They expose themselves for how stupid they are. And that is embarrassing for us as a country,” she said.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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