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Additionally, the agency redacted the names of all firms and companies that handled and processed the tainted lettuce.

There was a purity within us as young creators — we hadn’t been tainted by the world in a way, so it was like we could trust our gut.

As the four-time loser of a French presidential election, finally denied power by the taint of corruption.

Such cheerful platitudes would carry a taint of irony, in retrospect, when authorities exposed the harm and suffering they alleged had been inflicted under Guo's watch.

Escaping the taint of what spilled from the capsule and cut that day has been hard for all involved.