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embarrassment

[em-bar-uhs-muhnt] / ɛmˈbær əs mənt /


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We can do that in private, to avoid embarrassment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Growing up in a south Asian family in Leicester, Ranvia remembers the embarrassment she felt at not being able to dress the same way as her high school friends.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“ATHEX always looked a well-timed deal, but it is now turning into an embarrassment of riches,” Mills says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Despite his public embarrassment and supposed fall-off, he’s still the most-streamed rapper on Earth.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

I don’t know how I never noticed the level of unkemptness before, and embarrassment floods through me, that Nate is with me, seeing it in its full not-glory.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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