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people that sully our state parks with their trash
a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke
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Paige Francis, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
For our first century, the American sense of exceptionalism justified not being sullied by others, not being tied down by alliances, and not having our freedom of action limited.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
After opening the game by driving Baltimore 73 yards for a score, culminating in his 16-yard touchdown pass to Rashod Bateman, Jackson sullied his second possession by sailing a ball over Bateman’s head that was picked off by Bills safety Taylor Rapp.
—Michael Silver, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
That the prestige of the office is sullied by his grasp for profits.
—Eric Heavner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
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What started as a general lack of trust for a cloud environment, laden with security concerns, has morphed into significant increase in cloud adoption only to be sullied by the all-in cost of cloud.
—Paige Francis, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
For our first century, the American sense of exceptionalism justified not being sullied by others, not being tied down by alliances, and not having our freedom of action limited.
—TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
After opening the game by driving Baltimore 73 yards for a score, culminating in his 16-yard touchdown pass to Rashod Bateman, Jackson sullied his second possession by sailing a ball over Bateman’s head that was picked off by Bills safety Taylor Rapp.
—Michael Silver, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
That the prestige of the office is sullied by his grasp for profits.
—Eric Heavner, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Sully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sully. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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