backbite
Example Sentences
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That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls.
From Seattle Times
This is vividly apparent in the petty person of Washington Spirit owner Steve Baldwin, who treated a championship team as a backbiting crony clique and apparently thinks a “fiduciary” is a birdbath.
From Washington Post
It also ensures that the backbiting between team owners stays in house.
From New York Times
After months of backbiting and bargaining among Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer are confronting the same stubborn problem.
From Seattle Times
It includes backbiting and lawsuits, while also touching on Burton’s potentially career-killing miscalculations at the sport’s outset.
From Seattle Times
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