humiliation
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That is not necessarily a humiliation for the longtime reality TV star.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 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
"Sometimes it felt like just humiliation and having to sit within that frame and handle it."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
By this time some of the others had returned to the surface, and some were back in the canoe—a growing audience for my humiliation.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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