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We're all just kind of cringing and saying,' We do not want to do this again,'. – Sheila Kruger	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Bernard Tomic can do a lot worse than that to ruin the image that we've created. But a lot of ex-players are cringing, Aussies, especially... the guys who started this pro circuit. We wouldn't be here without these guys. – Pat Cash	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It was a crass and clumsy gesture from an increasingly isolated tin pot despot, a morally deranged authoritarian who was at that very moment clinging desperately onto political power in the face of international sanctions and a rising chorus of international condemnation, after years of negotiation and appeasement, the world has lost its patience now with Mr Putin's judo politics and his cringing hard-man photo opportunities. – Ben Emmerson	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The May jobs number is pointing in the direction of a more likely interest-rate hike. The market is cringing at that idea. – Frank Davis	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A mother should never be cringing, shaking or have cracked or bleeding nipples. – Krista Gray	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The Dow Jones is such a backwards-looking list, I cringed when Intel (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) were added, i'm cringing today. Let's hope Apple can defy the forces of history. – Kevin Landis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The Dow Jones is such a backwards-looking list, I cringed when Intel and Microsoft were added, i'm cringing today. Let's hope Apple can defy the forces of history. – Kevin Landis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

We're all just kind of cringing and saying,' We do not want to do this again,'.

– Sheila Kruger

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Bernard Tomic can do a lot worse than that to ruin the image that we've created. But a lot of ex-players are cringing, Aussies, especially... the guys who started this pro circuit. We wouldn't be here without these guys.

– Pat Cash

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It was a crass and clumsy gesture from an increasingly isolated tin pot despot, a morally deranged authoritarian who was at that very moment clinging desperately onto political power in the face of international sanctions and a rising chorus of international condemnation, after years of negotiation and appeasement, the world has lost its patience now with Mr Putin's judo politics and his cringing hard-man photo opportunities.

– Ben Emmerson

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The May jobs number is pointing in the direction of a more likely interest-rate hike. The market is cringing at that idea.

– Frank Davis

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A mother should never be cringing, shaking or have cracked or bleeding nipples.

– Krista Gray

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The Dow Jones is such a backwards-looking list, I cringed when Intel (INTC.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Microsoft (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) were added, i'm cringing today. Let's hope Apple can defy the forces of history.

– Kevin Landis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The Dow Jones is such a backwards-looking list, I cringed when Intel and Microsoft were added, i'm cringing today. Let's hope Apple can defy the forces of history.

– Kevin Landis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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