whispering campaign
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Over the past few months, so-called "friends" of the prince have mounted a whispering campaign about the photo trying to undercut its authenticity.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2019
There was a whispering campaign against him, suggesting that he had touted tickets online and that he was a police informant.
From The Guardian • Dec. 1, 2016
Schweich, who was Christian but had Jewish ancestry, also had expressed angst to friends over what he perceived to be an anti-Semitic whispering campaign.
From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2015
David Garth, Koch’s media guru, needed to defuse the whispering campaign, and Bess and Ed were friends.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015
The keen competition fought very shy of Mr. Peacock, thanks to the Bish and his whispering campaign.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
