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Beginning with the wince-worthy press conference announcing his appointment, Burris has shown that he values his own ambition over the true interests of his state and the nation.
Burris Enters, Then Leaves the Capitol - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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He offers some wince-worthy moments, some of which feel authentic, if also a little vamped.
Art review: 'Patrick McDonough: reck room' at Flashpoint Jessica Dawson 2010
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In the wintry weeks that followed he remained in the No3 shirt as the Leicester scrum did its worst to high-flying Saracens at Vicarage Road, then – and particularly wince-worthy this demolition job – to a Wasps pack, complete with Simon Shaw and England's incumbent loosehead, Tim Payne, a Lion no less.
Dan Cole the tighthead Tiger who is too good to ditch Michael Aylwin 2010
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I do sometimes wish I could occasionally read something about pricing, profits, and statistics in a lay-publication that was less than wince-worthy due to simple, obvious error, or quite wrong-headed assumptions like the ones you point out above.
Remedial Publishing Math jimhines 2010
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I wish you'd let some story doctor fix your prose so it seemed internally consistent and avoided wince-worthy phrases like 'Greetings gentlebeings!'
Shakespeare Help Needed ebenstone 2008
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