ignominious
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Tesla stock is trying to stop an ignominious streak on Friday.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Every year, Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern invite listeners to nominate the Supreme Court’s most egregious behavior, then choose their own “worst of the worst” to memorialize the most ignominious moments.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026
He was then fired from that next job in famously ignominious fashion: at LAX airport, at 3 a.m., while the team bus pulled away without him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
Adam Idah, Luke McCowan and Daizen Maeda all missed from the spot as they suffered one of the most ignominious defeats in their history.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
How ignominious to be strapped to this ponderous mass of paper, print and dead man's sentiment.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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