embarrassment
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She told the news outlet that embarrassment prevented her from reporting the attack immediately.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
This debacle is a first-world embarrassment of riches.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Coach Lionel Scaloni insists that if Messi ever wants to carry on, he can, and there is no embarrassment in changing one's mind.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
As with so many of The Beatles’ signature albums, “Rubber Soul” proves to be an embarrassment of riches.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
“We didn’t think you’d dare show your face around here after that embarrassment at the Night Zoo.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Mr. Gates’s reputation has been battered in recent years by personal and public embarrassments, but he does a service to come forward and is right in his warnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The moves by Khanna and Veasy put Republicans in an awkward spot, but they are likely just symbolic embarrassments.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2025
Since tutoring Caleb Williams to a Heisman, Riley has basically ruined Williams’ encore season with a terrible defense, an underutilized running attack, and a series of big-game embarrassments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
What if further embarrassments emerge from US court cases about Jeffrey Epstein?
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2023
I thought about life, about my life, the embarrassments, the little coincidences, the shadows of alarm clocks on bedside tables.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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