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as in bumming (out)
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as in disconcerting
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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.
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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.
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This imbalance is perhaps not expressly disconcerting much of the time.
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There was also some disconcerting history to consider.
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Colombia held Ronaldo in check all night Saturday, surely disappointing his legion of fans.
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He was devastated, not only over the prospect of missing the game, but disappointing his son.
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Instead of demanding personal fealty or humiliating them to assert personal dominance, Lincoln absorbed their egos and occasional slights, elevating their talents and turning his fiercest political adversaries into his most devoted champions.
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The autocrat delights in humiliating so many people, not least tech billionaires, including Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg, who once opposed him.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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The scale of that cost and who will bear them within the supply chain is one of the major uncertainties upsetting those faced with execution.
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As the 32nd and last seed, the Kaulig Racing driver made an improbably flamboyant run to a runner-up finish while upsetting Hamlin and 2012 champion Brad Keselowski.
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Ukraine has carried out major drone strikes on Russia’s two largest cities, embarrassing the Kremlin with images of black plumes of smoke that circulated widely online, despite regulations restricting their publication.
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But in this case, the ejection was absolutely unnecessary and, frankly, embarrassing for Lentz.
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“Chagrining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chagrining. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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