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• And to add insult to injury, our neighbor to the south made the 15-city tour schedule not once, but twice.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2023
• The poor boy’s already been stabbed so why add insult to injury.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
• To add insult to injury, the new first job is now an internship.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• To add insult to injury, some lenders have tacked on fees for late payments that the customers said were not their fault, the report said.
  — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2020
• And to add insult to injury, her former best friend Shelby (Teresa) has opened a trendy new bake shop across the street.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• And to add insult to injury, her former best friend Shelby (Kyana Teresa) has opened a trendy new bake shop across the street.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
• To add insult to injury, Sarlak says he's still taunted about it.
  — Don Riddell, CNN, 1 July 2021
• As if to add insult to injury, my aunt developed Covid-19.
  — Dawn Alley, STAT, 16 Nov. 2023
• And to add insult to injury, now that the season is over Pollard becomes an unrestricted free agent who is ready to cash in.
  — Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2023
• To add insult to injury, they are then captured by a group of sword-wielding Cossack warriors on horseback.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2022
• For some, this will add insult to injury: The only Top 100 burger in Alabama comes from a vegan chain.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023
• Read full article For Southwest, the sanctions add insult to injury.
  — David Koenig, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• To add insult to injury, the notice mailed to water customers is disgraceful for its lack of transparency.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• Typhoon Utor could add insult to injury, with the potential for severe flooding.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2013
• Now, to add insult to injury, tour tickets have become available through ticket resellers at mind-boggling prices.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022
• To add insult to injury, Matt gives the final rose to Victoria, highlighting his choice to pick Victoria over Marylynn.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2021
• To add insult to injury, the region has been left high and dry with no monsoon activity, which can help offset the blazing temperatures.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• To add insult to injury, the debate violated the rule to provide lawmakers with at least 72 hours to review the bill — a standard that is sacrosanct to the right wing after having been jammed for time by Democrats for years.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
• To add insult to injury, Steam teases a Family Sharing feature.
  — Simon Hill, Wired, 31 Jan. 2022
• To add insult to injury, the past three years have led worker expectations of transparency from bosses to skyrocket.
  — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2023
• Enlarge / Releasing Alan Wake 2 on pre-shredded discs would probably just add insult to injury, right?
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
• To add insult to injury, the Chiefs provided another crushing punt return.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2023
• Her hot water's broken and, to add insult to injury, her landlady is a more successful artist friend seemingly too distracted by two shows of her own to fix it.
  — Thomas Page, Cnn, CNN, 8 Apr. 2023
• And add insult to injury with Victor Oladipo’s situation.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2022
• To add insult to injury, a growing number of employers have started scaling back their parental-leave offerings.
  — Dana Suskind, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
• To add insult to injury, Randle exited in the fourth quarter as the Knicks trailed by double digits after landing awkwardly on his tailbone.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
• To add insult to injury, Musharraf's plane was ordered to divert to India after being refused permission to land in Pakistan.
  — Maria Usman, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2023
• But within a few years Bennett had to give up the project, because too many of the indicators were improving (to add insult to injury, under a Democratic president!).
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• To add insult to injury, many older people lack the money needed to sustain them in retirement, especially as life expectancy has increased.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• To add insult to injury, photographers and artists have found that these artificial intelligence systems were trained on their work which was searched out online without their permission.
  — Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024