embarrassment
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The Chargers have an embarrassment of riches off the edges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
City have won back-to-back games at the start of the Premier League season and Maresca will now have a selection dilemma each game as he possesses an embarrassment of riches to choose from.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I am deeply sorry to my wife for the pain and embarrassment that I have brought into our lives,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The latest polls suggest that a full 20 percent of the electorate intends to vote for the bin, a gigantic improvement on any of Binface’s past showings, and in any case an embarrassment for Farage.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
From this embarrassment of riches, Francesco manages to pick a painter who’s sick of painting.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Some within Reform, who are full of admiration for Nigel Farage's chutzpah and gift as a communicator, are desperate to see a behind-the-scenes cultural shift that minimises the chances of further embarrassments.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Duchess of York has so far been the great survivor of the royal world, bouncing back from embarrassments that would have sunk many others.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
The moves by Khanna and Veasy put Republicans in an awkward spot, but they are likely just symbolic embarrassments.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2025
The arrest of Oceguera was the latest in a series of embarrassments for the Sheriff’s Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 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
Vocabulary lists containing embarrassment
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