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Travelers’ affronts in Europe’s tourist zones are sometimes glaringly apparent: pounding music from late-night parties, or puddles of vomit on doorsteps in quiet residential streets.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2024
The exploitation of the poor, migrants and women are also described as affronts to human dignity.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024
The R.J.C. has taken a tougher stance on perceived affronts to the Jewish community before.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
Toomey, of course, was detailing these affronts in the cool comfort of the Senate.
From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2022
But whether affronts are consciously given or not, they do not count where allegiance to a cause is concerned.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
