original sin
Example Sentences
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“We should continue to work as a nation to reconcile our original sin of slavery and understand how that history has shaped our country,” he said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
“This really is a trial against America’s original sin, slavery, and the repercussions it caused and the lingering effects in modern society,” said Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer, one of two state lawmakers on the task force.
From New York Times
“This really is a trial against America’s original sin, slavery, and the repercussions it caused and the lingering effects in modern society.”
From New York Times
In an interview with Teen Vogue last year, he called for reparations to be paid to break the “cycle of plantation politics” in the United States and described slavery as one of “America’s original sins.”
From Washington Post
"In the eyes of American officials and politicians, TikTok's Chinese background is an 'original sin'," it added.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
