dirty pool
Example Sentences
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Nay voters defended their position, saying their belief in American values wouldn’t allow them to engage in dirty pool.
From Salon
He then plays some dirty pool by showing a headline from The New York Times about the buyer of the painting, cropping out the byline of the correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick.
From New York Times
But even though Trump should have made his own disclosure four years ago, it still feels like dirty pool that someone’s personal financial information can be leaked this way.
From Fox News
“I was told to go look at a website. I jumped into a dirty pool. I have no idea what’s in the bottom, or how to get to the other side.”
From New York Times
Researchers with the group also described seeing raw sewage flowing into communities, where it sometimes creates dirty pools of water that also are ideal breeding grounds.
From Washington Times
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