original sin
Example Sentences
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The projects never were built, but many Latinos considered the destruction of the neighborhoods and removal of the residents as something of the Dodgers’ original sin and vowed never to set foot inside Dodger Stadium.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
You may recognize its reference to what’s been called the nation’s original sin and its primacy in 1932 Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the story takes place.
From Salon • May 2, 2025
“The original sin in this state is affordability,” Newsom said at news conference.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
Stop's Mr Cahn says that "original sin" of predictive policing is "biased historical data".
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024
He felt in some way that it was a kind of original sin, a terrible thing he’d done that spoke to a dark thing inside of him.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
