mortifying
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One particularly mortifying episode from the past haunts Hally.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It might have happened 25 years ago - but Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page says she is still reeling from a "mortifying" moment on a film set with Johnny Depp.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the DOJ’s rather mortifying confession and its implications for the broader battle over Trump’s federalization of the Guard.
From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025
Listening to the European golfers plead with fans to not chuck beers at a colleague’s spouse was mortifying.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025
Boseman let out a mortifying gasp as they departed, which Cora took as his death rattle.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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