humbled
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“I’m humbled by the support of the voters,” said Doug Coates, president of United Firefighters of Los Angeles City Local 112, which spearheaded the measure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
“We’ll get humbled if we’re not ready to go.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Prime Minister wasn’t humbled by his close brush with electoral defeat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
He said he was "massively humbled by the whole experience" and "very proud to accept it on behalf of the MND community and their families".
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Reverend Connerly, I am humbled to be in your presence. I am the lowly Charles Mondial Vaughn the Fourth, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Knighted a mere fourteen years ago.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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