Sentences with phrase «embarrassing number in»

The one with a little red bubble above my inbox app that has a ridiculously embarrassing number in it.

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A number of other embarrassing debacles followed — including reports that Uber had used a software tool to try to deceive authorities by «hiding» rides — and ultimately resulted in a more than 20 % decrease to the once high - flying company's valuation, from around $ 70 billion to an estimated $ 54 billion.»

If you were to look at my starred items in Google Reader you would see a downright embarrassing number of peanut butter and chocolate desserts.

Chances are there won't be the kind of numbers in support of the movement that they are hoping for, it could end up being a little embarrassing.

This game certainly fits those criteria after Arkansas» embarrassing loss last week and Alabama's status as the number one team in the country.

Kasper Schmeichel is between the posts after pulling off a number of top saves in the defeat at Man Utd to ensure that it was an embarrassing evening for Leicester City, with Benjamin Mendy completing the defence, in a strange back three given he didn't play in one.

Contrast this with Hodgson who, once the men who appointed him had gone, had absolutely no support at any level of the club, and yet has been given the totality of the blame for the frankly embarrassing performances «phoned in by a number of Liverpool players during his short, unhappy reign.

Karius has made a number of blunders and has been under the media spotlight which has resulted in some embarrassing exchanges between former pros and even the Liverpool manager.

Homebirth advocate MacDorman has had the CDC outcome data that were just published in AJOG always in her hands but chose not to publish these dead baby numbers because they are plain embarrassing to homebirth midwives.

She said that while Weiss «clearly loved and wanted the best for her daughter,» she «wasn't thrilled» by the article, especially since it somewhat misleadingly portrayed her program, which focuses on empowering children, stresses that parents refrain from embarrassing their kids in public, and allows kids a number of indulgences to enjoy with friends.

The federal corruption trial of the man often described as Cuomo's «brother,» Joe Percoco, has revealed a number of embarrassing revelations about the way business was conducted in Cuomo's office.

«For the second day in a row, Stephanie Miner spent her time leading a partisan protest instead of focusing her time on addressing the embarrassing number of issues that plague the City of Syracuse,» O'Connor said.

The number of people coming to live in Britain for good has increased for the first time in two years, in a development leaving ministers deeply embarrassed.

For the second day in a row, Stephanie Miner spent her time leading a partisan protest instead of focusing her time on addressing the embarrassing number of issues that plague the City of Syracuse.

Apparently embarrassed by the high number of Libyan returnees from Edo state and in a bid to curb the challenges of illegal migration, Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has appointed a Senior Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration.

But in this case the administration is showing a cynical willingness to game the system by arbitrarily changing the rules to avoid an expected — and potentially embarrassing — significant rise in the number of struggling and failing students.

Dunbar's Number has been translated into the number of people you wouldn't feel embarrassed inviting to join you for a coffee (or green juice) if you happened to bump into them in aNumber has been translated into the number of people you wouldn't feel embarrassed inviting to join you for a coffee (or green juice) if you happened to bump into them in anumber of people you wouldn't feel embarrassed inviting to join you for a coffee (or green juice) if you happened to bump into them in a cafe.

And although my numbers were completely embarrassing at first, I now feel like I'm living more in tune with my beliefs.

I'm almost embarrassed to show you the above photo, but this was taken a number of years ago in our previous house.

It's no secret that classic stripes are a wardrobe staple of mine — in fact, I'm slightly embarrassed about the number of striped tops I own!

If you're embarrassed about saying you're online dating, then don't be; over 5 million people in the UK currently do online dating and the number is growing every day.

It's deeply embarrassing for my children, but they have been great, professing delight Before getting married in Thailand as a foreigner there's a number of things to do.

The result of this long slide in teacher quality can be captured in multiple snapshots: the declining U.S. ranking on international education comparisons (down to middle of the pack), the embarrassing number of military applicants who get rejected (more than one in five does not meet the minimum standards for Army enlistment) and the astonishing rates of those needing remedial classes in college (as high as 40 percent).

The practice of forcing students to stay in the testing room, despite having been opted out of the SBAC program by their parents, is an ugly strategy to embarrass, humiliate and ostracize children who are inappropriately being required to sit in the testing room for hours while their peers are taking the defective and high - stakes SBAC tests that are designed to unfairly fail a significant number of the state's children.

Where the old car is really embarrassed is in the sensible numbers — the Vision boasts a combined 75.1 mpg and carbon emissions of 99g / km, making it a cleaner bet than a Citroen C1.

With very regular cooling - off laps we were able to extend the number of runs, but I reckon it's an embarrassing hole in the 1M's otherwise fine armoury.

In the heavier Countryman, this engine required extra pressure on the gas pedal from start or at slow speeds to keep it from stalling, which happened an embarrassing number of times.

The gas mileage is really embarrassing, especially in light of the Fusion Hybrid's numbers.

Having said he would quit «when I embarrass myself», Newman competed into his 80s, winning at Lime Rock in what former co-driver Sam Posey called a «brutish Corvette» displaying his age as its number: 81.

I think the on a broader level, authors are wary about divulging their sales because in so many cases, the numbers are embarrassing.

The paid review and sock - puppet review scandals that rocked Amazon this summer after revelations by Locke — and an embarrassing number of others — have resulted in a draconian crackdown on all Amazon reviews.

He says: I can think of a number of occasions both in my recent and distant path where I've opted to take the path of least resistance for fear of being embarrassed.

I would be vaguely forgiving if American Beauty was in his top 5 but nope, # 5 - # 2 are hipster movies you have never heard of and number one is either an awful movie or a decent movie but still embarrassed to hear some thinks it is best movie ever... seriously nick, develop taste of you own, even if if you have to turn in your hipster beard and attitude.

This game pulls you in; before you know it, you've sunk an embarrassing number of hours into its labyrinthine web of side quests and skill trees.

Otherwise, you might do what I did: die in embarrassing number of times.

May sully the reputations of a number of working scientists leads to a story on Examiner.com New York by a writer named Thomas Fuller, who refuses to go into detail because the e-mails are private and would almost certainly «prove embarrassing to those concerned, especially if... published in snippets and without context.»

Well it would change the technical discussions of CO2 sinks and sources in a way that will be embarrassing to a number of people who were so sure of themselves and their data.

In hindsight, I was embarrassed to not have included the obvious choice of Flash of Genius for my law - related movies website, so I have updated my site to include that movie (along with Hart's War, a military court martial movie), bringing the total number of law - related movies on my site to 118 movies.

The lack of attention being paid to mobile is evident in the number of often embarrassing problems Sony has faced in recent times.

(And if these aren't enough, at the bottom of this post I'll link to an embarrassing number of times I've featured Sarah in the past decade!).