sin
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One of Odysseus’ defining triumphs becomes, in Nolan’s telling, something closer to an original sin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
She had converted to Catholicism in the 1990s, telling The Times: "To have a church which calls a sin a sin and has done with it is a blessed relief."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
On a recent episode of What Next, Lizzie O’Leary spoke to Nagle about how America’s original sin is written into who we are today.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2026
But a bigger comedic sin is the belief that viewers will automatically laugh just because they recognize a reference.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
I wonder what you’ll name my sin: Complicity?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Now as a bishop, with a Church commitment to tangibly repent for its past sins, she felt the institution was starting to better represent the Church her mother and many others had stayed loyal to.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
But as sins go, this one was tough for two diehard British mystery fans to resist.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
The original idea was to fund the Sagrada Família through donations by people atoning for their sins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Those are the three deadly sins of trading.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
How many of his sins belong also to me?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
He continued, "I guess as the famous saying goes, 'democracy dies in discussion . . .' But look, I have sinned against you. I'm sorry," he said unseriously in a Southern accent.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
After listing all those for whom she writes — “for the sinned against and the sanctifying” — Perry called for unity in difficult times:
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
“I have sinned, I’ve broken the law and I have no excuses,” Kreuper said via teleconference.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
In 2018, the board, which has a tarnished recent history, reciprocated his antagonism, censuring him for having sinned against collegiality by things he had said and done.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
It was later to become his proud testimony that he hated his sins—even as he ran towards sin, even as he sinned.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
His Adam is aptly named; he’s a biblical kind of hero, sinning and suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2023
Crusaders came to expect standard privileges like the indulgence, a means to reduce the penance owed for sinning by giving money directly to the church or paying for masses or other clerical services.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Hannah was packed with ambitions and flaws; she was smart and off-putting, righteous and self-centered, struggling and privileged, sinned against and sinning.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2021
He insists he is a man more sinned against than sinning and is working with lawyers to clear his name.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2021
The man laughed and said, “A preacher what owns up to sinning, huh? Ain’t heard of no such man in these parts. Naw, that would’ve stuck with me.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
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