personal attack
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Arday had denied any plagiarism - but admitted errors in his work - and said the recent controversy about his work had led to "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Arday has admitted errors in his work, but says he has faced "an unrelenting level of public scrutiny and personal attack" and is not a "liar"
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The closest he comes to a good old swipe at his former boss is this delicious line: “Trump did not devise the personal attack in politics, though he may have perfected it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Bondi’s insults got the most press, because she would respond to any hard question by bringing up some irrelevant personal attack on whatever Democrat had her dead to rights.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
“Now, who can give an example of something that would be a personal attack, of what you shouldn’t do?”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
