original sin
Example Sentences
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The projects never were built, but many Latinos considered the destruction of the neighborhoods and removal of the residents as something of the Dodgers’ original sin and vowed never to set foot inside Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
“Parade” understands that America’s original sin — slavery and the economic apparatus that sanctioned the dehumanization of groups deemed as “other” — can’t be divorced from Leo’s story.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
This soul-gnawing anxiety is not original sin in the Christian sense, even if it functions in much the same way.
From Salon • May 25, 2025
While Waltz committed the original sin of inviting the wrong dude to a sensitive group chat, it was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who most abused the thread.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2025
He felt in some way that it was a kind of original sin, a terrible thing he’d done that spoke to a dark thing inside of him.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
