original sin

Example Sentences

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The invasion “was the original sin,” said Emile Hokayem, a senior fellow for Middle East security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a British think tank.

From New York Times

The United States made some terrible decisions after the original sin of the invasion.

From Washington Post

“It’s a silencing of a very powerful history that draws us to the original sin,” Jenkins said of developing on land where colonizers attacked Indigenous people.

From Seattle Times

Borrowing in another country's currency is described by economists as the 'original sin' as a falling local currency can make it very expensive to pay back that debt very quickly.

From Reuters

It culminates in the unveiling of white supremacy as the original sin that explains all human experience.

From Washington Post