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Example sentences for: taint

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The other major candidate, George W. Bush--who's already swatted McCain a couple of times about the FCC matter--is entirely free of this taint.
These practices are corrosive to the health professions as they taint all health professionals and erode trust in them.
It is also, needless to say, free of any taint of bias or corruption.
The only question is how far the movement must go to rid itself of the taint it has acquired.
The convergence story is that RJR merged with Nabisco in the hope of escaping its "tobacco taint" but found instead that the taint simply spread to Nabisco.