bad name
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But even compromise is getting a bad name these days.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
He added they gave their "decent, hardworking" counterparts a bad name and hoped to put "the cowboys out of business".
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name -- pushing back on allegations of government connivance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
He had heard of the bad name of the elephant and the hyena, but because they were visitors to the chief he did not show his feelings about them.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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