ignominy
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It was believed to be the only red card ever handed out after a World Cup final, and the ignominy it brought was well-deserved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The 39-year-old Messi’s final World Cup seemed all but certain to end in ignominy until a late blitz turned the tide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
And so there has been a pileup of ignominy referred to a busier-than-ever Ethics Committee.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Should they throw caution to the winds and try to bring in a full-time appointment now to save their season from the ignominy of relegation?
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
It took my friend Lula Gates a long time to live down the ignominy of getting sick in public at the piano recital.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Who never spoke about their ignominies because they were afraid we wouldn’t be there for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
In her starkly tender photographs Ireland transforms Williams’s stalwart pews into stand-ins for long-departed parishioners while the peeling facade’s sunburst window observes the ignominies of time.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
After Vrabel reported those ignominies, the live-stream discussion switched to a debate over what constitutes sexism.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2017
Slate writer and historian Rebecca Onion once entrusted her personal ignominies to emails she’d circulate among her close friends.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2016
And Terryl felt the other ignominies in her life, such as sometimes showing up at school without a lunch.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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