disgrace
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"I'm aware of the report, the president is too, I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Just two months after issuing that ruling, the judge resigned in disgrace rather than face removal from the bench.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He called the verdict a disgrace and said he had never met Carroll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some said "it was a disgrace", and "the most scripted match I've ever seen", while another fan called it "a scandal".
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Leper ate almost nothing, but my own appetite deepened my disgrace.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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
But they had sent her back to her own mother and father, a mysterious act hinting at disgraces not told me.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
The daughter of the late, disgraced ex-leader Alberto Fujimori will succeed interim leader Jose Maria Balcazar on July 28 and govern until 2031.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
An investigation has uncovered more secrets behind the double life of disgraced former MP Jeffrey Donaldson.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Much to my surprise, Radcliffe more than steps up as a down-and-out documentarian inserted into the life of a disgraced football star grasping for a comeback.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
When asked about a disgraced former FBI agent, he says with withering sarcasm: “He must be a pretty low character when he could be dismissed from that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“That don’t mean nothing. It’s too late to feel sorry. I was disgraced in front my granchirren.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Jurors accepted prosecutors' argument that Webster had "spearheaded" an attack on police lines and that he was responsible for "disgracing a democracy that he once fought honourably to protect and serve".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2022
"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
“You are disgracing our city,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2020
Papa would tell her to shut up, then Granny would interrupt and order him to quit disgracing Mama all the time.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
Vocabulary lists containing disgrace
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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