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Moscow's reasoning undoubtedly was that it had too heavy an investment in friendly relations with Nixon, in view of upcoming East-West state visits, to risk smirching his image.

From Time Magazine Archive

One may travel through tenacious seas of it without smirching one's boot-heel.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 by Various

There must be much latent good in a selfish man who, to shield his manhood from smirching, will cheerfully abandon flesh-pots.

From The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Coarse pleasantries passed, but for a time he writhed in silence, then burst upon them indignantly for their unmanly smirching of a woman's character, and swept out, leaving them a little ashamed.

From Tommy and Grizel by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

It seemed the quintessence of human experience, the ecstasy of perfect and enfranchising sorrow, distilled from the shackling, smirching half-sorrows of actual life.

From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas