tainted
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The ruling is reminiscent of another case in which Kavanaugh found that a Mississippi defendant’s trial was tainted by racial discrimination.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
The money, in their view, not only has to make up for mounting legal fees, but lost income, tainted reputations, fractured families, and years spent behind bars.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
"Those who use property tainted by a past confiscation," Thomas said, are "liable to any United States national who owns a claim to that property."
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Recalling a "very difficult time" that tainted her experience of the Games, Sharp made clear her hope that the IOC would go on to introduce the kind of universal approach that it now has.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Martin had the Venezuelan pox, they told the Irish girl, caught from a tainted bag of feed, and the doctor forbid anyone to enter the house until it had run its course.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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