bad name

Example Sentences

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Sheku Tarawallie, president of Sierra Leone's Council of Traditional Healers, is adamant that "diabolic" juju men like Kanu are giving healers a bad name.

From BBC

Critics of “Tár” have said Blanchett should be ashamed of herself for playing a monstrous woman, someone who gives a bad name to U-Haul lesbians and female conductors everywhere.

From Los Angeles Times

Many nonprofits believe private equity-backed and other for-profit hospices are giving the industry a bad name.

From Seattle Times

“You have some people coming into the space that give us all a bad name but those are isolated examples and those practices are not common,” said Lesli Gooch, chief executive officer of the Manufactured Housing Institute, the industry’s trade association.

From Washington Times

Is it caused by journalists and publishers like Assange who give them a bad name?

From Salon