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Backbiting has intensified since an exchange of offers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2011

Backchannels and Backbiting Essentially, a backchannel is a communication system that seeks to circumvent normal procedures; it requires, however, somebody's facilities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Backbiting Capital of the World Most of the familiar Irish characteristics�which nobody admits to having seen lately�are survivals and distortions from the past.

From Time Magazine Archive

Backbiting may arise from ill-will or thoughtlessness, and slander is the work of baseness and perfidy.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

"I 'fawncy'" - and she imitated the dainty tones used by Belle - "they have had - " "Backbiting and detraction," called Cora, who had been close enough to hear the sisters' remarks.

From The Motor Girls on a Tour by Penrose, Margaret