become tainted
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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
The spring of life in our first parents had become tainted at its source.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)