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as in dented
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She had never been arrested before and felt humiliated when her mugshot was plastered all over the news after her arrest.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025 -
She was humiliated when her oldest son was forced to testify in a divorce case.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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Whatever plan senior executives had for Amorim, it was heavily dented early in his tenure.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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The country’s property market has been stuck in a yearslong downturn that’s dented the need for copper plumbing and wiring, while consumer spending has been sluggish, weighing on appetite for finished goods such as electronic appliances.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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The fear of being photographed drunk and shamed on social media is also a powerful deterrent.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
13 Jan. 2026
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Financial pressure was central to the alleged control, Dan said, with members shamed for failing to give.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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Sure enough, Rico Dowdle slipped (again), botched the pitchback (which Bryce Young tried to pick up rather than immediately dive on, unfortunately channeling Cam Newton in the Super Bowl) and the Bucs recovered.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Jan. 2026
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Gonzalez botched a rebound under the Utah basket but redeemed himself by immediately drawing a charge.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
31 Dec. 2025
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Within this world no others exist, except as things to be debased.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dogville, from 2003, is an experimental Lars von Trier film shot on a stage set in which Kidman plays a woman debased and abused by the inhabitants of a small town.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
8 Oct. 2025
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The driver was shot and wounded, and the passenger was injured when the van crashed seconds later, according to the original statement from DHS.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
13 Jan. 2026
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The attack in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region also wounded 10 people, local authorities said.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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His mother previously told the Observer that his mental health degraded in the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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The timber elements and roofing materials were considerably degraded, and the building no longer met adequate requirements for insulation, airtightness, or sustainable performance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Jan. 2026
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Queered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queered. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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