embarrassingly
Americanadverb
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The truck’s windows were supposed to be bulletproof, lending the thing a postapocalyptic vibe, but they embarrassingly cracked during the Cybertruck’s livestreamed launch event at its design studio near Los Angeles.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
I think of her hot pink tropical sleeveless top that I wore on Christmas, even as my older sisters scoffed that I’d be embarrassingly out of season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
While controversy surrounds the embarrassingly blurry line between college football and the National Football League, our culture needs to take a moment to commend and steward the glorious tradition of high-school football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The White House soon made the conceit almost embarrassingly literal.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
One was an embarrassingly young man with a face no older than the boys' faces at school on top of a large, muscular man's body.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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