taint
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Snyder expressed concern that such automation would taint the company’s efforts to sustain its in-person customer service and fresh food.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Many mom bloggers, Ms. Wiley tells Ms. Latifi, worried that the incentives that come with monetization would taint their work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He also voiced concern that the draft lottery debate could "negatively taint the whole effort".
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
Such cheerful platitudes would carry a taint of irony, in retrospect, when authorities exposed the harm and suffering they alleged had been inflicted under Guo's watch.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025
Besides, the innkeep at the Merchant’s House had warned him that traveling afoot would taint them in the eyes of foreign captains and the native-born Volantenes alike.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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