whispering campaign
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Schweich, who was Christian but had Jewish ancestry, also had expressed angst to friends over what he perceived to be an anti-Semitic whispering campaign.
From Washington Times • Mar. 23, 2015
David Garth, Koch’s media guru, needed to defuse the whispering campaign, and Bess and Ed were friends.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2015
Regardless, China completed a sweep of all five badminton golds, but the treatment of the women, and a whispering campaign about doping against swimming sensation Ye Shiwen angered the Chinese.
From Reuters • Aug. 13, 2012
But Mr Bercow's wife, Sally, who stood for Labour in last year's council elections, has hit out at the "whispering campaign" against him.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2011
The keen competition fought very shy of Mr. Peacock, thanks to the Bish and his whispering campaign.
From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van
