become tainted
Example Sentences
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Eye drop bottles can become tainted by bacteria once opened, but there are easy ways to avoid contamination, according to Patricia Jackson, president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023
Other lawmakers, though, feared that the bill had become tainted by FTX’s influence.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
Memories of consumerism and easy credit seem to have become tainted by the recession.
From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2019
John Pellettieri, a Justice Department lawyer, said prosecutors took steps to ensure the case did not become tainted.
From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2017
It is necessary to eviscerate these animals as soon as they are killed, otherwise the excessive heat of the great shaggy bodies will cause the meat to become tainted.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
