mud-slinging
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Analysts said Fetterman won on Tuesday with a populist persona that attracted both moderates and progressives, avoiding the kind of ideological mud-slinging that has plagued other Democratic primaries this year.
From Reuters ● May 18, 2022
While both short in length and broad in scope, the agreement marks a diplomatic breakthrough after days of mud-slinging from the two powers.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2021
The winery-owning governor of this great state was seemingly unamused by the Democrats bringing the mud-slinging into the vino den.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2019
The company’s statement concluded by addressing the artist directly and calling her out for allegedly not responding to its requests to mediate the situation without public mud-slinging.
From Fox News ● Nov. 15, 2019
It inaugurated a war of mud-slinging and vilification directed by the New York Commercial, Henry H. Rogers's own paper, which printed the ridiculous statement that I was crazy.
From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson