dishonored

past tense of dishonor

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Recent Examples of dishonored Naming the reservoir impounded by the dam after the explorer John Wesley Powell dishonored him, Abbey wrote. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishonored
Verb
  • Sitting in class next to a star athlete destined for Division I football, the future comedy mogul listened as his teacher publicly humiliated him in front of his peers.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over time, as research increasingly pointed to genetics as a major factor in autism, the theory was discredited.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But many climate scientists have discredited this argument, saying that freezing events can take place even amid climate change—but as time goes on, those cold events will happen less often and won’t last as long.
    Chantelle Lee, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Kirk’s former chief of staff Mikey McCoy shamed Cohen for the comments in a post on X early Thursday morning.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In Indiana, a number of teachers, university staff members and other government employees are being shamed on social media for comments critical of Kirk's views or making light of his death.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • She is being held at the same facility as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, who was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison for defrauding investors with her medical startup.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • An excessive force lawsuit against a former San Jose cop disgraced by a racist texting scandal is set to resume, after a federal court ruling last week affirmed the ex-officer is not shielded from litigation in his controversial 2022 shooting of an aspiring college football player.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

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