sully
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None of the high-born men he knows would sully their steel in the name of protecting the innocent.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
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
Why would millennials, unable to own their own places, sully the site of our nostalgia by playing as landlords?
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2024
Behold, we must sully the plain snow with footprints, in order to get anywhere.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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