original sin

Example Sentences

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The invasion “was the original sin,” said Emile Hokayem, a senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think tank.

From New York Times

The United States made some terrible decisions after the original sin of the invasion.

From Washington Post

In their view, it was born in original sin: Its membership was unfairly stacked at the outset and its proceedings, therefore, can be dismissed as biased.

From Los Angeles Times

As I watched life unfurl for these families, I understood that the residue of America’s original sin was something more terrifying.

From Washington Post

Legal scholar Jonathan Turley, a guest on the program, called the leak “the original sin of judicial ethics.”

From Washington Post