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A senior Justice Department official, Roger Alford, later said lobbyists had corrupted the merger-review process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Mr. D’Antunono could not recall which carrier had corrupted data.

From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2023

This, the name of the book he subsequently wrote, was intended to wrestle back the narrative from men who had grown up in his community and who had corrupted his Islamic faith.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2022

The government also ceased jamming foreign radio broadcasts and lifted the ideological restraints that had corrupted art throughout the Soviet era.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Their lethargy had corrupted the town, and when the Professor wished to photograph them, I believe they went away in scorn.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard