dirty game
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From Harry's perspective, there was a "dirty game" going on, of rival camps trading in tabloid stories.
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2022
In another clip he refers to people working for the royal household briefing journalists about family members, calling it "a dirty game".
From Reuters • Dec. 8, 2022
It was often a dirty game: one in which accuracy and nuance could be sacrificed on the altar of “engagement.”
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2018
It was the best of a dirty game, evidence that college basketball has a soul that can be saved.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2018
An overloaded switchboard, a dirty game of Twister everywhere you turned.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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