tainted

Example Sentences

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“Hearing that,” writes Mr. DePalma, Father Leahy “realized that his group may have been tainted by the same racism of lower expectations as the monks who left for Morristown.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But there can be no doubt that the York brand is now tainted beyond repair.

From BBC

The recall of potentially contaminated infant formula has heaped scrutiny on Chinese firm Cabio Biotech, the supplier of an ingredient used in infant formula which is suspected of being tainted.

From Barron's

“A big concern is the research that Ives does is going to be tainted because of an affiliation with the ETF that holds the stocks for which he’s doing research,” Bradshaw says.

From Barron's

By doing so, she became the Other, tainted by association.

From Salon