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But the ones in the videos slamming Hill down and cuffing him for no apparent reason give police a bad name — and disproportionately so.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Trying to convince America that someone who gave us the aforementioned three items while president would destroy our democracy, gave hyperbole a bad name.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2024
Those kinds of controllers gave third-party gamepads a bad name—one that persists to this day.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
Bluming explained how the results were misinterpreted, not only giving estrogen a bad name but also leading to an unnecessary aversion to a treatment that could, in fact, protect against heart disease, osteoporosis and cognitive decline.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2024
Not a bad name for a 1700cc single-cylinder chopper.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
Intraparty democracy sounds like the kind of pious demand that gives democratic theorists a bad name among hard-nosed politicians.
—Jan-Werner Müller, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2022
Much of the Great Society legislation, for example, now seems to embody the sort of hubris that gave liberalism a bad name, and its overreach paved the way for the Reagan counterrevolution of the 1980s.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
That was the main sentiment: Locals are tired of outsiders giving them a bad name.
—Caitlin Tan, NPR, 1 June 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Trying to convince America that someone who gave us the aforementioned three items while president would destroy our democracy, gave hyperbole a bad name.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 23 Nov. 2024
Those kinds of controllers gave third-party gamepads a bad name—one that persists to this day.
—Jaina Grey, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2024
Bluming explained how the results were misinterpreted, not only giving estrogen a bad name but also leading to an unnecessary aversion to a treatment that could, in fact, protect against heart disease, osteoporosis and cognitive decline.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 28 Oct. 2024
Not a bad name for a 1700cc single-cylinder chopper.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024
Intraparty democracy sounds like the kind of pious demand that gives democratic theorists a bad name among hard-nosed politicians.
—Jan-Werner Müller, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2022
Much of the Great Society legislation, for example, now seems to embody the sort of hubris that gave liberalism a bad name, and its overreach paved the way for the Reagan counterrevolution of the 1980s.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2012
That was the main sentiment: Locals are tired of outsiders giving them a bad name.
—Caitlin Tan, NPR, 1 June 2024
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“Bad name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20name. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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