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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




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