humiliation
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Perhaps the biggest humiliation — at least until the recent twin debacles of the Freedom 250 implosion and the Kennedy Center ruling — was the Super Bowl halftime show.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Rudd seems to have been told he’s in one, playing Rick’s humiliation so large that he looks unhinged, his face covered in cuts and bruises of his own doing that, distractingly, never seem to heal.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
In historical terms, Suez is a byword for the humiliation of a once-great but declining power.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"This form of disinformation is particularly prevalent in salacious circumstances such as the JP Morgan case, where those involved can be targeted for further humiliation through exaggerated depictions of their alleged sordid actions," Scheirer added.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Why did he not rest here upon the bottom of utmost humiliation and for a while take his content?
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing humiliation
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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