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become tainted



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Other lawmakers, though, feared that the bill had become tainted by FTX’s influence.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

John Pellettieri, a Justice Department lawyer, said prosecutors took steps to ensure the case did not become tainted.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2017

An association that once imbued his public image with a frisson of dark glamour had become tainted by sleaze.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2015

Maybe Elvis Costello was right: Nielsen reissued May radio ratings for Los Angeles stations after recalculating the numbers because its survey sample had become tainted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2014

Flesh that has become tainted appears to be specially acceptable; but it is a curious fact that on no account will a fox eat any kind of bird of prey.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various




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