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In the view of dissidents like Smith, however, news photography had vitiated itself through overproduction.

From Time Magazine Archive

The immense agglomeration had vitiated the atmosphere of the valley.

From Sónnica by Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente

What extenuations or omissions had vitiated his former or recent narrative; how far his actual performances were congenial with the deed which was now to be perpetrated, I knew not.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

I fear association with Duncan had vitiated my taste.

From The Fortune Hunter by Vance, Louis Joseph

Moreover, the desire to make intricately beautiful, right enough in itself, had vitiated, as it was bound to do, the taste of architect and builder.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Addleshaw, Percy