backbite
Example Sentences
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It is too much to blame a single individual, as despicable as Carlson may be, for leading a whole country into a slough of anger, backbiting, recrimination and mistrust.
From Los Angeles Times
You will notice that most of the Republicans backbiting DeSantis have been doing so in highly personal terms.
From Salon
Revelations from pretrial discovery had been excruciating for the cable network, exposing a backbiting internal culture that featured employees who regularly doubted the content that aired nightly for millions of viewers.
From Washington Post
Hundreds of thousands of pages of internal communications and other records made public after the discovery process have made headlines by exposing private turmoil and backbiting within the company.
From Washington Post
That tops the previous high for the drama about a backbiting family of media moguls.
From Seattle Times
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