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Recent Examples of abasementYour historical victory is your reward for your historical abasement.—Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
That power was built up over centuries partly to compensate for the humiliation, subjugation, and grievous bondage of Russia’s history, real and imagined.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Then came some chants calling for Mosley to be fired as the game slipped into humiliation territory.
Bakri’s face is impassive and exhausted during this casual debasement, his voice low, and his tone deadpan, as though Salim has been forced to do all this a million times before.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
Investors who are particularly concerned about currency debasement or geopolitical instability — both of which have driven gold's price run in recent years — may also find the physical gold component meaningful.