unflattering
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The clip from the Porter-Granholm call was the second unflattering video of the candidate to surface last fall.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
The NFL isn’t likely to sanction unflattering content, at least not much of it, yet the goal is to make the stories as realistic as possible.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The Independent's reviewer, Nick Hilton, though, gave the "generation-defining show" four stars, saying it "paints a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Those who benefit from misinformation can easily exploit this -- a phenomenon researchers call the "liar's dividend," where genuine but unflattering information is waved away as AI-generated.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
By contrast, the owl publicity was a nightmare for Mother Paula’s All-American Pancake Houses, Inc., which found itself the subject of an unflattering frontpage article in the Wall Street Journal.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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