hatchet job
Example Sentences
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The groundbreaking first film - Ricky Gervais's favourite - focused on Tap's disastrous US tour, and the band still brand DiBergi's treatment as "a hatchet job".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
Later, the scene is recut as a hatchet job on social media that leads to Tár’s downfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Though she was fully aware of the potential controversy of her charges, she never intended for her book to be the hatchet job that many reviewers believed it to be.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
The filmmakers behind HBO’s explosive documentary "Allen v. Farrow" have welcomed the filmmaker to share his side of the story after a spokesperson called the series a "hatchet job."
From Fox News ● Mar. 15, 2021
Also, unlike my Pathfinder hatchet job, I had the full schematics of the drill.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
