Word: blemishing
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...many in Kirkuk, the looting was the only blemish on the day they've been dreaming of for years. "Why did the peshmerga let them come?" asked Qasim Khosid, a Kurd. "The leadership is guilty for letting this happen and blackening our face in front of the world. We don't know who is in charge...
...only blemish yesterday was at No. 1 singles, where sophomore No. 42 Courtney Bergman fell in a third set tiebreak to Yale No. 87 Elizabeth Kaufman...
During Harvard’s 27-game unbeaten streak, the only blemish came in a 3-3 tie at St. Lawrence in February. Ruddock stopped several 2-on-1’s in that game, including one with only a few seconds left...
...frowns on the horrors of slavery or, say, the Battle of Omdurman, Sudan, in 1898 (in which 10,000 Muslims were annihilated in five hours by Lord Kitchener's Maxim guns), few such moments make it into the debit column. "The question is not whether British imperialism was without blemish," Ferguson writes. "It was not. The question is whether there could have been a less bloody path to modernity." There might have been, he admits, but he clearly doubts it. Of all the benefits bestowed on the colonies, Ferguson prizes the English language and "the idea of liberty" most...
...final blemish did not take away from the dominance Harvard showed for the duration of the game...