sin
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On a recent episode of What Next, Lizzie O’Leary spoke to Nagle about how America’s original sin is written into who we are today.
From Slate • Jul. 3, 2026
But a bigger comedic sin is the belief that viewers will automatically laugh just because they recognize a reference.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
“Their hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their AI products — a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Raslan Bajou, who was asleep in his tent at the time of the latest strike, said: "This is a sin, I swear it's a sin."
From BBC • May 28, 2026
And all of us with our closed eyes smelled the frangipani blossoms in the big rectangles of open wall, flowers so sweet they conjure up sin or heaven, depending on which way you are headed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing sin
"We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
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