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"And I started to think, 'this is a space where I'm supposed to be sweating, and yet I'm mortified'."

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Listening to the European golfers plead with fans to not chuck beers at a colleague’s spouse was mortifying.

“I’m just mortified that this is America right now,” said Ingstrup, who described herself as an independent voter.

"She was mortified, she really was, so I felt terrible for her."

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We gave in to my husband and allowed pineapple and jalapeños on half although we were mortified.

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

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