shame
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Because being fooled once is a shame; being fooled twice — that’s moronic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In her Instagram post, Knox described the petition to pull the show as an attempt to shame her into silence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Everyone has limits and there’s no shame in that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
He said the addiction started to severely impact his mental health, likening it to carrying around a "huge ball of shame".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
From Duane’s point of view, that was a shame.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
He says it "shames the men and women who gave their lives in Iraq".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
It shames me all day with the ballooning total.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2024
I treat many adults who have severe eating disorders partly as a result of growing up in a society that overvalues thinness, promotes dieting for weight loss, and shames people who are overweight or obese.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
“That is a disgrace. It outrages and shames me deeply,” Scholz said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
It shames me now to know that I would eat it if it were alive today.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Everyone is entitled to privacy about their bodies, and no one should be shamed for poor health.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
“I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Pratt, who played a heel on TV, isn’t easily shamed in his own right.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
On social media, fans shared the video and shamed the man for his behavior, with some looking to make his identity public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Celaena almost sighed with relief, though it shamed her to feel that way.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
The 18-year-old says the lunch shaming caused him to scout secluded places on his school’s outdoor campus to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
In one school I visited in Rochdale, they were starting a girls club in which they would discuss it all: from gender inequality, to domestic violence and body shaming, to periods, sexuality and friendship groups.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Most of all, there is a lot of shame and shaming associated with people who go into debt or become overwhelmed by their bills.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
They can also feel like time capsules to other dimensions; his 12-year-old daughter was scandalized by how normative bullying was after she read “Blubber,” Blume’s 1974 novel about tween mean girls and body shaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
I’d never realized, not until the last year or two of my life, how shaming it is to be pitied.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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