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negative campaign

NOUN

mudslinging

Synonyms

WEAK

character assassination defamation dirty politics dragging one's name through the mud slander

NOUN

smear campaign

Synonyms

WEAK

character assassination defamation defamation of character dirty politics dirty pool dragging one's name through the mud injury of reputation malicious defamation mudslinging negative campaigning personal attack slander whispering campaign

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By the 1990s, that dynamic slowly began to change, though Mr. Biden’s Senate opponents still did not have the resources to mount a negative campaign against him.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

“He had no scandal, and he wasn’t the subject of a negative campaign because no one thought he had a chance,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Steve Adams, who works in a modular building factory in Pearson,a rural town in south Georgia about 55 miles from the Florida line, said he doesn’t believe all the negative campaign attacks.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2022

This includes a negative campaign against Melvoin’s two challengers, teacher Tracey Schroeder and parent Gentille Barkhordarian.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022

“Our employees are not asking for boycotts and are saddened and scared by this negative campaign led by a union,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2022

negative campaign

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