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Local MSP Keith Brown said Lowe was "a stain on our politics" and called his comments on the mass murder "beyond despicable."

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

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

It’s a true honor to be a small stain on the history of this illustrious show.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

“I saw a stain from the orange powder on Coach Quinn’s uniform. She must have spilled some on herself while mixing it.”

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon

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

Close to 40 years later, liquid Tide offered better dissolvability and improved technology to wash grease and oil stains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

“That will likely be one of the stains of his life that will always be remembered.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

This abrasive quality is what allows the sponge to "erase" stains.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026

Mom’s eyes moved over my clothes with their superscanning powers, looking for holes, stains, and other un-señorita-like offenses to point out.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

He did etchings, lithographs, even stained glass windows - equally at home working with the grandeur of opera design and the intimacy of pen and ink.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Inside, the house had “wall-to-wall carpets on both floors that were heavily stained and worn, dated wood paneling on the walls, holes in the walls,” Fahmy says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Cigarette butts litter the floor, moldy food is left to decay on greasy dishes and the ceiling is stained with candle soot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

I wheeled my bike into the hallway, feeling stained.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

No doubt she tried in some cases, staining the Justice Department in the process.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026

To overcome this obstacle, the researchers designed a patent-pending staining approach that attaches traceable silver and bromine markers to widely used cellulose- and latex-based binders in graphite- and silicon-based anodes.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

Her burned bureau and the black soot staining the wall reignited her past trauma.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025

Harald PrÜss of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Charité University Hospital of Berlin is a close collaborator of Tebartz van Elst—and his go-to person for staining rodent brain slices for autoantibodies.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

Perhaps for this reason she always thought of him as having candy in his mouth, candy staining the edges of his straight, cruel teeth.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin