stain
Example Sentences
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Interactive features include a kiosk that digitally separates each level of the shroud so visitors can examine just the blood stains, just the burn marks or just the shadowy image.
From Los Angeles Times
Phillipson said it was the government's "moral mission" to tackle "the stain of child poverty".
From BBC
I feel they want to put a 'stain' on Donald Trump's character - as no other president has been criminally charged in our US history.
From BBC
Carlson went on to claim that Trump's indictment was a bigger stain on American democracy than the Jan. 6 insurrection by the former president's supporters.
From Salon
Judge Huw Rees told to Allchurch to expect a custodial sentence "that will not be measured in months, for using vile and inexcusable language which I regard as a stain on humanity".
From BBC
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