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sully

[suhl-ee] / ˈsʌl i /


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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

But its imperfections in no way sully the two masterpieces that came before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Why would millennials, unable to own their own places, sully the site of our nostalgia by playing as landlords?

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024

I thought all he wanted was to have nothing unusual sully his days, that what he disliked or feared most was uncertainty.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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