bad name
Example Sentences
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The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name -- pushing back on allegations of government connivance.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025
"This is a company that gives capitalism, a bad name," Mr Gove told BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024
He had heard of the bad name of the elephant and the hyena, but because they were visitors to the chief he did not show his feelings about them.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
