bad-mouth
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Trying to get Pete Carroll to bad-mouth a former player of his is like trying to get an Auburn fan to yell “Roll Tide!”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Macchio also made the decision to never bad-mouth the Karate Kid films, even if he was frustrated with the direction his career had taken.
From BBC ● Nov. 24, 2022
“Some people bad-mouth America, but in reality, it’s a good country,” said Yoneha, who came to the U.S. from Okinawa on a whim 50 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
If this family of snobbish locals chooses to retaliate, they could bad-mouth his business, which relies strongly on good referrals and great reviews.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2022
Pa said, “I advise caution, Leroy. I ain’t trying to bad-mouth no one, but how much we really know ’bout Zephariah?
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
She also alleged that employees of the agency bad-mouthed NewJeans on internal communication app and asked a journalist to downplay the group's record sales in one article.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
One night, well into one of those dinners of fine food and finer storytelling, Majerus answered the puzzling question of why Knight bad-mouthed Wooden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
At the time, people bad-mouthed her for missing performances.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
“They basically bad-mouthed mRNA and said we shouldn’t even bother,” said one official in a government that backs Covax, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
Realizing that he was up against two big, competent mice who would stand no nonsense, he became abusive and bad-mouthed.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Judging from the near-universal backlash to Timothée Chalamet’s recent bad-mouthing of ballet, Eden’s summation of the central tenet of their show may be true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
Your boss may be bad-mouthing you to others.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
Mere hours before her own debate with Trump, Biden called her and demanded to know if she’d been bad-mouthing him to donors.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2025
He followed up by bad-mouthing them as incompetent, stupid or worse.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Basically, he heard Jack bad-mouthing him and saying really horrible things behind his back.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
