bad influence
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Here Bown and Keynes deploy their most memorable analogy: managing a teenager’s relationship with the neighborhood’s bad influence, a character they call “Dangerous Doug.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The pop-infused corrido, about a bad influence in his love life, is the most streamed música Mexicana song globally, the fourth most popular Latin song and the song most added globally to user-created playlists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
You’re an adult and your desire to wear normal adult clothing and makeup is you being a normal 20-year-old, not you being a bad influence.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2023
King Charles III's university halls of residence neighbour in the 1960s said a letter was written about him saying he was a bad influence on the prince.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2022
Dean Moran's considered a bad influence since the Mr. Blake Affair.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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