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bad-mouthing







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sour grapes
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Your boss may be bad-mouthing you to others.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

District Judge Beryl Howell tore into Giuliani on Friday for violating a permanent injunction against bad-mouthing Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two women who successfully sued the former New York City mayor for defamation.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2025

Hanni further alleged that she had seen employees bad-mouthing NewJeans on Blind - an app for internal communications similar to Teams or Slack.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2024

“Nobody wants to be in a position where we’re bad-mouthing one Black woman about another Black woman. That doesn’t feel right to our values.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2023

Basically, he heard Jack bad-mouthing him and saying really horrible things behind his back.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio




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