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• To add insult to injury, the Dodgers added three runs in the eighth to ice it.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
• So why add insult to injury and not have all that hard work be shown to the world?
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
• 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
• To add insult to injury, this all occurred in the lead-up to her birthday.
  — Charley Ross, Glamour, 23 July 2024
• The poor boy’s already been stabbed so why add insult to injury.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 1 Sep. 2023
• And to add insult to injury, Jake is sleeping with the big boss’ main girlfriend.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
• Out that saw the wordsmith add insult to injury in his attack of Drake.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 June 2024
• To add insult to injury, the new first job is now an internship.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• To add insult to injury, Phil’s wife jumps out of the car to help him, not realizing she’s left it in drive.
  — Will Harris, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
• 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
• To add insult to injury, all those dollars coming out of your pocket are not going to a good cause.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025
• Such a plan could add insult to injury and affect thousands of families in the region.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• 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
• There is never a convenient time for the death of a young person, but to add insult to injury, Scott died the night before the world was placed on lockdown because of the Covid pandemic.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• To add insult to injury from Minooka’s point of view, most of the project’s taxable property would be located in Channahon.
  — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2024
• 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, most people are terrible at making résumés.
  — Jacob Jacquet, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
• 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