scarlet letter
Example Sentences
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“It was almost like getting a scarlet letter,” he added.
From New York Times
But seeing it becoming more of a “scarlet letter” under Musk than a symbol of credibility, he used a technique to scrub the blue tick from his profile.
From Seattle Times
"But it is a little bit of a scarlet letter for Trump that his opponents could use against him. Such an argument could be persuasive for independent voters."
From Reuters
Years later, when DeSantis embarked on the first of three successful campaigns to represent Florida in Congress, he says, he considered his fancy degrees to be “political scarlet letters.”
From Washington Post
“She will be someone who will live the rest of her life with this scarlet letter on her,” said Barry P. Beck, a lawyer for Ms. Toebbe.
From New York Times
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