sully
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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
Introducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025
Piers Morgan is staying true to form in his latest criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, trying to make something out of nothing as he continuously endeavors to sully their reputations.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2024
“I don’t want to sully it with people who are looking to — I mean, I don’t look at the comments. People tell me, ‘God, they’re just murdering you.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Not because people here aren't slobs—I’m sure a lot of them are—but they’re so obsessively worried about their property values that they’d rather die than allow the detritus of civilization to sully their curb appeal.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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