taint
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“It’s a crisis for a unit when its head is suspected of such serious violations of the law,” he said, adding that the episode shouldn’t “contaminate and taint the entire unit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
He also voiced concern that the draft lottery debate could "negatively taint the whole effort".
From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025
Hinch deserves the asterisk removed from his name for the taint of the cheating scandal because he was a minor player and has owned his part in what happened.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2025
So as not to taint the results, I can’t talk too much about what we are testing here, but the purpose is to address some lingering questions about the dress effect and related stimuli.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025
“I must go personally to purify this thunderbolt in the waters of Lemnos, to remove the human taint from its metal.”
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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