tarnished
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About 30,000 saw South Korea beat Japan 1-0 to clinch men's football gold, although the occasion was tarnished somewhat when the South Korean flag failed to go up in the victory ceremony.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The trial had not tarnished his marketability, nor, seemingly, had it checked his behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Even in its tarnished state, silver is breathtaking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I asked him if he’d seen the post Eatherly had made prior to the shooting about how his child’s mother wants to change her son’s surname because of how Chud had tarnished it.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
And a pair of sun-white whale ribs arched over our doorway, a tarnished ship’s bell hanging from their pinnacle.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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