tainted
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In a rare move, Crenshaw dismissed the criminal indictment after declaring the prosecution against Abrego Garcia a blatantly tainted investigation “with a vindictive motive.”
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
But aside from the tainted run in the second, they couldn’t break through against until the sixth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Both of those franchises suffered artistically for this move, their legacies forever tainted by it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Some of our regular adversaries complained loud and long about how the inclusion of some of our pictures had tainted their precious yearbook.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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