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Recent Examples of humble pie
The humble pie is just a little more humble these days.
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Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
The 15-5 Los Angeles Lakers got served a slice of humble pie on Monday night when they were run out of their own gym against their Pacific Division rival, the 13-9 Phoenix Suns.
—Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Now, the humble pie has gone haute, with pizzaiolos turning the kids-party staple into the core of fine dining-esque tasting menus.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Not a terrible bit of humble pie to taste, but the fact also remains, despite what some would like to believe, that the election result was no landslide but really only a slight lurch to the right.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 9 Jan. 2026
The 15-5 Los Angeles Lakers got served a slice of humble pie on Monday night when they were run out of their own gym against their Pacific Division rival, the 13-9 Phoenix Suns.
—Ricardo Sandoval, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Now, the humble pie has gone haute, with pizzaiolos turning the kids-party staple into the core of fine dining-esque tasting menus.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Not a terrible bit of humble pie to taste, but the fact also remains, despite what some would like to believe, that the election result was no landslide but really only a slight lurch to the right.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humble pie
Noun
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Philly’s health is fickle, but the upside is evident after a first-round upset of Boston.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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Neither one of these people appears to be enjoying themselves, but the woman soon begins to grunt with the bestial upset of a werewolf under a full moon.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
Noun
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In the conscious state, says Miller, such perturbations only briefly affect how the brain behaves.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
23 Mar. 2026
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Rigid wings experienced abrupt destabilization, while passive soft wings without sensing and control struggled to recover from larger flow perturbations.—
Etiido Uko
March 09,
New Atlas,
9 Mar. 2026
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The post was the latest stab at cultural relevance by the White House, which commonly skews hit songs or artists of the moment in MAGA-leaning fashion, often to the chagrin of the musicians themselves.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2026
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Spied again on public roads in Europe, the 2027 BMW iX4 proves this to be true likely much to the chagrin of fans and enthusiasts.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
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Is rapid weight gain the cause of the patient’s distress?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Developer John Dewberry bought the building out of distress in 2010 for $36 million.—
Savannah Sicurella,
AJC.com,
20 May 2026
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The Beloved offers another prime showcase for Sorogoyen’s art of unease, as well as for Bardem’s talent for playing men who can fly off the handle at any moment (Martínez is like Anton Chigurh strapped to a director’s chair).—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Though the vote still failed largely along party lines, Murkowski's flip was a warning sign for the White House about the unease of some Republicans on Capitol Hill as the conflict drags on.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Fortunately, the Panthers traded up in the second round to take Texas Tech defensive lineman Lee Hunter before knowing about Wharton’s neck discomfort, according to Canales.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Wired ran a story about the butt pillows used by OpenAI’s phalanx of lawyers and executives, including the president and co-defendant, Greg Brockman, to insulate themselves from the discomfort of the court’s benches.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Orange Friday had turned into a tarps-off, shirts-and-skins exhibition rather than just more dismay in May.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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On Thursday, Blanche met with Republican senators to defend the plan, but a number of them expressed dismay about it.—
Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,
CNBC,
22 May 2026
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But Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, unlike its successors in the soap world, would not cower in the face of such agitation, and was all the better for it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Today his agitation includes my senior promenade at the Brooklyn Girl's High School.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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“Humble pie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humble%20pie. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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