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embarrassment of riches





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This debacle over your future is a first-world embarrassment of riches.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

As with so many of The Beatles’ signature albums, “Rubber Soul” proves to be an embarrassment of riches.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“There’s really an embarrassment of riches right now coming out of the open source labs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

He opted for joining Paris St-Germain but he couldn't quite break through amid the club's embarrassment of riches in the attacking department.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2025

All this would be fine—an embarrassment of riches, to be sure; a tad too many treasures to be bestowed on a single human, certainly—if he were nice.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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