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Burt Ross, 78, a former mayor of Fort Lee, N.J., who lost millions of dollars investing with Mr. Madoff, said that betrayal of trust was part of what had damned Mr. Madoff in his eyes.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2021

The Georgia house had damned good cause to bar him.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although he fought on Franco's side in the Civil War, Yague had damned Axis intrusion in that war and urged a lenient peace for the Loyalists.

From Time Magazine Archive

The man they had damned as "imbued with an inordinate ambition ... to dictate the course of the industry" got the power to do just that.

From Time Magazine Archive

The last time I had done that, I had damned myself.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini