dirty game
Example Sentences
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Prince Harry said on Tuesday that Buckingham Palace lied to protect his brother, Prince William, and has previously spoken of the "leaking and... planting of stories" as part of a "dirty game".
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2022
In news outside the markets, Prince Harry said Britain's royal household regularly leak stories about each other, calling it a "dirty game".
From Reuters • Dec. 6, 2022
And if it is a dirty game, who is playing it?
From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022
It was often a dirty game: one in which accuracy and nuance could be sacrificed on the altar of “engagement.”
From Slate • Sep. 25, 2018
An overloaded switchboard, a dirty game of Twister everywhere you turned.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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