mud-slinging

Example Sentences

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The mud-slinging could worsen citizen confidence in the electoral process and its results, analysts said.

From Reuters • Aug. 11, 2023

While both short in length and broad in scope, the agreement marks a diplomatic breakthrough after days of mud-slinging from the two powers.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2021

The winery-owning governor of this great state was seemingly unamused by the Democrats bringing the mud-slinging into the vino den.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019

The company’s statement concluded by addressing the artist directly and calling her out for allegedly not responding to its requests to mediate the situation without public mud-slinging.

From Fox News • Nov. 15, 2019

It inaugurated a war of mud-slinging and vilification directed by the New York Commercial, Henry H. Rogers's own paper, which printed the ridiculous statement that I was crazy.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William