hatchet job

Example Sentences

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Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Though she was fully aware of the potential controversy of her charges, she never intended for her book to be the hatchet job that many reviewers believed it to be.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022

Roth then flirted with the notion of appointing writer and publisher James Atlas for the project but veered away when he read what he considered to be Atlas’s hatchet job on Saul Bellow.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

The filmmakers behind HBO’s explosive documentary "Allen v. Farrow" have welcomed the filmmaker to share his side of the story after a spokesperson called the series a "hatchet job."

From Fox News • Mar. 15, 2021

He subsequently published the story after deciding that Jefferson had failed to pay him adequately for his hatchet job on Adams.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis