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Backbiting has intensified since an exchange of offers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2011

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

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 is the curse of village life, and seems to keep people by its effects upon the mind far more effectually in the grip of poverty than the lowness of wages.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

"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