bad name
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But even compromise is getting a bad name these days.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
The prime minister said rogue tradespeople gave their "decent, hardworking" counterparts a bad name and would be "putting the cowboys out of business".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Wednesday that scam centres were destroying his country's economy and giving the nation a bad name -- pushing back on allegations of government connivance.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Where McCann is a firecracker, Ava Dash is a total snooze, the kind of monotone, self-obsessed personality that gives Gen Z a bad name.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
Not that Love was a bad name, just different, I guess.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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