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humiliate

[hyoo-mil-ee-eyt, yoo-] / hjuˈmɪl iˌeɪt, ju- /


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And on the street, when you see people begging, when you hand money to them, do not humiliate them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"They'd love to humiliate the Castros and get one of the original revolutionaries from 1959 behind bars. But the strategic value of that is questionable."

From BBC May 21, 2026

As Rue muses in a voiceover, she’s beautiful, directionless and “so desperate for attention she’s willing to humiliate herself.”

From Salon May 4, 2026

Well, everyone in show business has to humiliate themselves sometimes.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

They’d all seemed to have abruptly forgotten that I was still the same girl they’d tried to humiliate, over and over again.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi

Critics say Philips doesn't just challenge those beliefs - he humiliates the people who hold them.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Earlier in the film, Patrick also publicly humiliates himself for Kat by singing Frankie Valli's song, "Can't Take My Eyes off You" in front of the whole school.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2024

The league says its operations manual strictly prohibits bullying and hazing, which is defined as behavior that “harms, intimidates, offends, degrades, threatens, or humiliates another person or creates a risk to their health or safety.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2023

And if the sight of me in neon Spandex humiliates my daughter someday — well, she’ll get over it.

From Washington Post Jun. 15, 2018

My mother’s anger humiliates me; her words chafe my cheeks, and I am crying.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

Niederhoffer was devastated and humiliated, but he kept looking for patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Two months prior to Clarke's appointment, the national team had been humiliated in Kazakhstan.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

He said the result showed "Nigel - who said he didn't want to be humiliated - maybe has been".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

I’ve oscillated wildly between thinking the U.S. will ride a host-nation bump to the semis and worrying they’ll be humiliated by Paraguay and soccer in this country will be canceled forever.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Who knew a second grader could understand what being humiliated feels like.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The first post called Holmes “a disgraceful, humiliating embarrassment to her alleged profession.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Before the humiliating collapse, Aschenbrenner’s fund had shown phenomenal returns of more than 1000% since its inception in 2024.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Morocco is to co-host the 2030 World Cup and Moroccan Football chief Fouzi Lekjaa is one of the few to have publicly supported Infantino since the humiliating climbdown.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

In the hours after the humiliating public disclosure, Roh told friends she wondered whether she had been too selfish and inconsiderate of her husband’s emotions, according to local media reports.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Claire turned forward and crossed her arms, annoyed that she’d let herself be talked into such a humiliating demonstration.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs




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