original sin
Example Sentences
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“Parade” understands that America’s original sin — slavery and the economic apparatus that sanctioned the dehumanization of groups deemed as “other” — can’t be divorced from Leo’s story.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2025
This soul-gnawing anxiety is not original sin in the Christian sense, even if it functions in much the same way.
From Salon • May 25, 2025
“The approach was really the original sin of Gascón and the beginning and the end of this administration,” Ehrlich said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
Stop's Mr Cahn says that "original sin" of predictive policing is "biased historical data".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024
When she’s cleaned it up enough, she attempts a bite as if it’s the original sin.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
