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sully

[suhl-ee] / ˈsʌl i /


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Macron almost immediately responded on X: "Shame on those who wanted to sully his memory," he wrote.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Introducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

It threatened to sully her white dress flecked with rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Piers Morgan is staying true to form in his latest criticism of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, trying to make something out of nothing as he continuously endeavors to sully their reputations.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2024

And in a different way, I didn’t want to sully the kitchen table with the kinds of things I’d seen and heard during the day; it just seemed best to keep it inside.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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