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as in bumming (out)
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as in disconcerting
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There was also some disconcerting history to consider.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
17 Apr. 2026 -
There’s a lot of disconcerting news about AI in journalism lately.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
5 Mar. 2026
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Thieves have tried to break into Taylor Minatogawa’s business five times in the last two months, distressing him so much he’s spent at least a dozen nights inside his shop keeping guard.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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Its mid-rise Harlow jeans are composed of a cotton and elastane blend, with a powder-blue hue and strategic hints of distressing down the leg.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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In her report, Soto accused Sibrian of allegedly mocking and humiliating her for her accent, immigration status and race and calling her stupid.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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State caseworkers have sent an untold number of elders in their care to a coterie of homes with a history of hurting, ignoring or humiliating their residents, records and anguished families say.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Just last year, the Trust for Public Land scored the city way down at 90th out of 100 cities, the kind of mortifying ranking usually occupied in other categories by Mississippi (sorry, Mississippi).—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Baby Reindeer was hardly a laugh riot, but mortifying humor is still humor and, with episodic running times in the 30-minute range, the show had a charging, unpredictable momentum.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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Bill Murray, for one, is accustomed to complex if not disappointing sporting dynamics.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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This is a departure for Cornyn, disappointing some defenders of the effective 60-vote threshold for the passage of most legislation in the Senate.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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But while Moore displays a sexy rapport with friendly Darla (Paris Jackson), RZA the screenwriter keeps letting down RZA the director by making his characters disappointingly cartoonish.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In the video, Coleman — who shares mostly running content on the platform — included before-and-after clips of his hair, first letting down his shoulder-length tresses from an updo to showcase its length before cutting to post-trim footage.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Lutnick's voluntary closed-door interview comes amid a monthslong procession of powerful people summoned before the committee, many of whom have been subjected to embarrassing revelations in the more than 3 million pages of records known as the Epstein files.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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The Game 4 defeat – the no-silver-lining, embarrassing 6-1 loss – left a particularly rancid taste in everyone’s mouth.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Skinner became part of a Padres controversy in 1978 when founding Padres president Buzzie Bavasi hired Skinner to be the hitting coach of the California Angels, upsetting Padres owner Ray Kroc.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2026
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The Panama government seized the canal’s ports from the company in February, greatly upsetting China.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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“Chagrining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrining. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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