stain

It is more unusual to see an outbreak like this linked to one specific stain of the bacterium affecting many people at one time.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Platner being able choose his successor would stain that successor with Platner’s problems for the rest of the campaign!

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Former England and Manchester United star Gary Neville said FIFA's decision represented "a stain" on the World Cup.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

During Reconstruction, first-wave feminists agitated for the 14th Amendment to not just remedy the stain of slavery, but to eliminate inequality in all its forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Then Jiichan’s jaw fell as he studied Akira’s wine stain.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

Sweaty, exhausted and streaked in grass stains, the families gathered in the common room for the deciding match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The end of the Great Depression was just 25 years in our rearview mirror, but the stains were still easily seen throughout rural Kentucky.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Resting in the sports hall in Villamanta, Margarita, 70, pointed to the stains on her T-shirt -- the same one she had been wearing for four days.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

The prosecution had told this trial that there were blood stains on the trousers, blood on the jacket and an anorak that had discharge residue.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

My brown fitted pants were heavily patched and the shirt I was wearing probably hadn’t been washed, well, ever if the dark yellow stains covering it were any indication.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Eric especially admired the Witch’s House in Beverly Hills, the Shakespeare Bridge in Franklin Hills and the stained glass windows in Carthay Circle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

George Mallory is remembered with a stained glass window at St Wilfred's Church in Mobberley.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

From the floor to ceiling, more than 20,000 books were crammed every which way into shelves they’d built and stained themselves nearly 20 years before.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

Property damage looks like stained carpeting, unusual paint colors or damaged appliances.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

He nodded back, and the light streaming in from the stained glass window glinted gold on his slicked-back tawny hair.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She said Greenpeace had painted over rocks and soil, staining them.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

It doesn’t come on a school-issued bun, nor does it come with the staining might of tomato sauce and ground beef.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

She strolls in without makeup, fresh red hair dye staining her scalp, three glittering studs on her teeth that she flashes while talking as though she’s not being recorded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

During weekly phone calls, I’d catch her in the middle of staining a table, reupholstering a chair, or rewiring a chandelier she’d found at a flea market.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2024

Her mascara ran, staining the collar of her blouse something awful.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides