taint
Example Sentences
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The good news is that the gala survived its Bezos taint.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Many mom bloggers, Ms. Wiley tells Ms. Latifi, worried that the incentives that come with monetization would taint their work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He also voiced concern that the draft lottery debate could "negatively taint the whole effort".
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
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.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
The antiempirical taint of the Pythagoreans survives to this day.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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