sully
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None of the high-born men he knows would sully their steel in the name of protecting the innocent.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
Anyone associated in any way with Jeffrey Epstein would sully the Olympics, especially an organizer thereof.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
Macron almost immediately responded on X: "Shame on those who wanted to sully his memory," he wrote.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
He feels waiting any longer would just sully his father’s name.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024
I thought of the grand preparations, the hours of ladies in beauty parlors, the hundreds of thousands of new and delicate ball gowns, the spike-heeled satin shoes a passing out might sully.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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