bad name
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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
The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 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’s going to give the medical profession a bad name by standing up for principle.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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