marred
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The victory was marred only when star midfielder Ismaël Koné was stretchered off the pitch with a broken leg after going down from a hard tackle.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026
Amazon-owned Zoox and Tesla are expanding more cautiously, while Uber has abandoned the development of its own autonomous vehicles, which had been marred by a fatal accident in 2018.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Authorities are deeply aware of the risk of crowd crushes, which have marred similar events in the past, with TV broadcasting guidelines on how to stay safe.
From Barron's • Jul. 3, 2026
“Notably, no one suggests ‘that these elections were not functional or that they were marred by corruption’.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
No evidence that Celia’s blood has ever marred its surface, but she knows that it is the same card.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Vocabulary lists containing marred
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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