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as in shaming
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as in botching
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On Saturday, Jorginho posted a lengthy Instagram Story, claiming that Roan’s security team was extremely aggressive toward his family for walking past her table and shaming her for disrespecting her fans, especially a child.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Through a mix of orders, shaming, and a whole lot of banging of the gavel, the octogenarian managed to avoid a nightmare scenario of one of his colleagues pummeling a witness.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Continue reading … RINSE AND REPEAT — CNN slammed for third time for botching NYC terrorist attack coverage.—
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FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Or rather, none of it happens without the Rockies botching the Arenado thing so badly that CEO Dick Monfort and the family felt obligated to take this massive swing to try and replace him.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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Some, like Zdorovetskiy, have been accused of assaulting and humiliating their targets as viewers push for violence.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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First there was Norwegian’s Sturla Holm Lægreid confessing to cheating on his girlfriend during a live interview after winning the bronze medal and tearfully begging her to come back (shockingly, humiliating his ex on national television didn’t work).—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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Higher energy costs push inflation higher, straining household budgets and denting the consumer spending that is a main driver of many big economies.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Higher energy costs push inflation higher, straining household budgets and denting the consumer spending that is a main driver of many big economies.—
Elaine Kurtenbach,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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The comments highlight growing concerns among international observers that the current conflict, while degrading Iran’s infrastructure, may not prevent the country from eventually rebuilding its nuclear program.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2026
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What the President is doing here, which is taking out- degrading Iran's capability to be, again, an exporter of chaos, sheer chaos to the region, to the world.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Sheafe, 51, is accused of murdering William Schonemann, the pastor of New River Bible Chapel, in April 2025 before mutilating the man's body.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Nationwide, the first successful prosecution happened in 2016 when a Houston man was sentenced to five years for creating videos that featured a woman mutilating and killing puppies, chickens and kittens and distributing them on the internet.—
Jay Weaver,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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Since the summer of 2025, antiforeigner sentiment—fueled by false or exaggerated claims about migrant workers committing crimes, foreign residents draining welfare coffers, or international tourists debasing Japanese culture—has taken hold in Japanese politics.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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But the story of Hilma af Klint lacks the blunt clarity of balance sheets, and her afterlife suggests that money, far from debasing art, is what pins it to the world.—
Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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The songs are at times over-the-top, at others lacerating in their introspection about everything from the anxiety of aging to the anguished choice to terminate a pregnancy.—
Adam Bradley Luis Alberto Rodriguez Carlos Nazario,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Queering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queering. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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