dirty laundry

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But Sherman later withdrew his support, openly declaring that he was doing so because Mehringer had chosen to expose the department’s dirty laundry, Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The dirty laundry triggered an avalanche of press coverage when the album arrived in November, but the songs have lingered as everyone remembers just how well Allen can craft an intoxicating pop hook.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson kept their dirty laundry to themselves.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2025

But Massie won, in part because of his primary opponent’s dirty laundry.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Everything else—the piles of dirty laundry, the opened Doritos bags, the empty cans of generic soda pop, two ratty old chairs, and a moldering beanbag chair—was dispensable, an afterthought, props.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz