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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
tarnish .
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Examples
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McKenna said that "from my perspective" the condom handout "tarnishes" the Olympian image of discipline, determination and greatness in general.
LifeSiteNews.com Headlines lsn@LifeSiteNews.com 2010
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I'm going to laugh at anyone who claims this "tarnishes" his Olympic medals.
SteveSilver.net 2009
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This has no place in scholarly discourse and is the kind of action that tarnishes the reputation of a serious scholar.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012
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This error is even perpetuated by the writers themselves who like Huxley, live long enough to look back, as in his truly grim, and what is worse, far less lyrical 1958 essay, "Brave New World Revisited," proving that the author is as liable to the sin of retrospection that tarnishes the original work as anyone else.
Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80 Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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This has no place in scholarly discourse and is the kind of action that tarnishes the reputation of a serious scholar.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012
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This has no place in scholarly discourse and is the kind of action that tarnishes the reputation of a serious scholar.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: What Is Motivating The Global Ban On 'Kosher Jesus'? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2012
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This error is even perpetuated by the writers themselves who like Huxley, live long enough to look back, as in his truly grim, and what is worse, far less lyrical 1958 essay, "Brave New World Revisited," proving that the author is as liable to the sin of retrospection that tarnishes the original work as anyone else.
Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80 Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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This error is even perpetuated by the writers themselves who like Huxley, live long enough to look back, as in his truly grim, and what is worse, far less lyrical 1958 essay, "Brave New World Revisited," proving that the author is as liable to the sin of retrospection that tarnishes the original work as anyone else.
Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80 Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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This error is even perpetuated by the writers themselves who like Huxley, live long enough to look back, as in his truly grim, and what is worse, far less lyrical 1958 essay, "Brave New World Revisited," proving that the author is as liable to the sin of retrospection that tarnishes the original work as anyone else.
Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80 Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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This error is even perpetuated by the writers themselves who like Huxley, live long enough to look back, as in his truly grim, and what is worse, far less lyrical 1958 essay, "Brave New World Revisited," proving that the author is as liable to the sin of retrospection that tarnishes the original work as anyone else.
Jonathan D. Moreno: Brave New World Turns 80 Jonathan D. Moreno 2012
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