shame
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This is not because I believe you should indulge in shame or blame.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
You go for the dinosaurs and there’s no shame in that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Spain belongs to those who love it and work for it. Not to those who shame it with xenophobic statements."
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Its a shame we don't have jobs for all of them," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Even Uncle Kufa hadn’t possessed anything that fine, and it seemed a shame to leave it behind.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
He says it "shames the men and women who gave their lives in Iraq".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
It shames me all day with the ballooning total.
From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2024
I treat many adults who have severe eating disorders partly as a result of growing up in a society that overvalues thinness, promotes dieting for weight loss, and shames people who are overweight or obese.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
“That is a disgrace. It outrages and shames me deeply,” Scholz said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
“If it isn’t sophisticated then I can’t ever use them words again. Lordy me, to think of Bull Meecham let an unsophisticated word pass his lips. Why, it shames me even to think of it.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Everyone is entitled to privacy about their bodies, and no one should be shamed for poor health.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
It found there was no single perpetrator of the practice in Britain, but "government decisions shaped the environment in which unmarried mothers were often shamed and coerced into having their children put up for adoption".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Pratt, who played a heel on TV, isn’t easily shamed in his own right.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
On social media, fans shared the video and shamed the man for his behavior, with some looking to make his identity public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Its present condition would have shamed an elephant.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
The 18-year-old says the lunch shaming caused him to scout secluded places on his school’s outdoor campus to eat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Campaigners' tactics include raising awareness among potential contributors, and naming and shaming the accounts believed to be the worst offenders.
From BBC ● May 3, 2026
Most of all, there is a lot of shame and shaming associated with people who go into debt or become overwhelmed by their bills.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
They can also feel like time capsules to other dimensions; his 12-year-old daughter was scandalized by how normative bullying was after she read “Blubber,” Blume’s 1974 novel about tween mean girls and body shaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
He felt the shaming churning heaving turning sickness in his stomach.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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