bad name
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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
Sheku Tarawallie, president of Sierra Leone's Council of Traditional Healers, is adamant that "diabolic" juju men like Kanu are giving healers a bad name.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025
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
Because honestly, you are giving parents a bad name.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024
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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