taint
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“It’s a crisis for a unit when its head is suspected of such serious violations of the law,” he said, adding that the episode shouldn’t “contaminate and taint the entire unit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
He also voiced concern that the draft lottery debate could "negatively taint the whole effort".
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
In doing so, they become less compelling and less likely to taint your interpretations of future interactions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
Escaping the taint of what spilled from the capsule and cut that day has been hard for all involved.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
Besides, the innkeep at the Merchant’s House had warned him that traveling afoot would taint them in the eyes of foreign captains and the native-born Volantenes alike.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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