original sin

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Nothing will ever undo the original sin, and devoting your life to ruining someone else’s is a loss for both of you.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

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

While Waltz committed the original sin of inviting the wrong dude to a sensitive group chat, it was Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who most abused the thread.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2025

“The original sin in this state is affordability,” Newsom said at news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

But as Milton was cleansed of original sin, Desdemona remained cognizant of her iniquity.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides