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Pleasure is never quite sufficient justification for cooking something yourself; the viewer must also understand that the old version was artificial, addictive or imposed upon them by a corrupt system.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

It’s every bit as corrupt as it sounds!

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

At its core, the crime known as huachicol fiscal is a vast tax evasion scheme centered on falsified paperwork — and corrupt officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

But since last September, as witnesses gave evidence to the Madlanga Commission, allegations that Matlala had a close and corrupt relationship with senior police officers emerged in the public domain.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a community, a state, a nation.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The unseemly representation of necessary, lethal battle as some sort of videogame corrupts our national culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

His relationship with his Jewish neighbors, the Brodskys, grows closer as Nazi power corrupts France.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

“The Boys” counters that if absolute power corrupts absolutely, then superpower corrupts superbly.

From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2024

What we know about power is that it always corrupts.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

“There’s rumored to be an entrance nearby to the last level of Asamando—the Eloko Forests. The Eloko corrupts everything it’s near. Weather. Plants. Friendships. It’s this corruption that affects the sands around here.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

File names were usually corrupted, so Hannah Oh rarely knew the title, singer or release date.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

He is remembered as a conciliator of the American rebels and the author of schemes to reform the corrupted and unrepresentative House of Commons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Then things start to get more corrupted, and money plays a huge role ... as it always has throughout human history.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

"According to me and the majority of nations involved in this race, Canada corrupted everything that is meant to be fair and beautiful about our sport," she added.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

“But never in the Cursed Forest. Magic here is corrupted and weird, and it’s not safe to use it if you haven’t completely mastered it.”

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

But Disney has shareholders to serve, and obviously intends to extract all it can from every piece of intellectual property it owns, no matter how creatively corrupting and tasteless the endeavor might be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Reasonable people will go in circles forever about whether specific cases are proof of the industry’s maturity or proof of its corrupting effect.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

But the judge said Bembridge had a public role and had failed to carry out his duties on behalf of the King for a corrupting motive.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Instead, Jerry takes every shortcut he can without considering the ethical fine print, aligning himself with Carl and Gaear and corrupting his soul in the process.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

Her son, the teenage Tolstoyan, believed that wealth was shameful, corrupting, inherently evil—which is ironic because Chris was a natural-born capitalist with an uncanny knack for making a buck.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer