black mark

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In fact, if the indictments become a black mark against the company among some customers, Dell may have one less rival to worry about.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The name Jean-Baptiste Lamarck has long carried a black mark in the annals of science.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

A new settlement put forward by prosecutors this year dropped the criminal charge, a black mark for Boeing that could have complicated its dealings with the government as a contractor.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

Allowing this symposium to proceed along the lines laid out in the announcement will be a black mark for Stanford in the scientific community.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

“If you’d died, that would’ve been a black mark on my reputation, so yes, at some base level, I was...worried.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi