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mar

[mahr] / mɑr /


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If Ms. Noem lets her bureaucracy support his deportation, the Secretary will indelibly mar her legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Gilded fixtures, trim and ornamentation — rumored to be from Home Depot — mar the walls.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

Unless the adviser followed all compliance protocols and properly documented all client communication regarding past trades and financial transactions, the dispute can mar their record.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

But backbreaking mistakes continued to mar the Trojans on both sides of the ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025

A vain pursuit from its beginning, maybe, which no choice of mine can mar or mend.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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