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mudslingers

noun

plural of mudslinger

as in attack dogs

one who makes harsh, personal attacks against opponents a local hot-button issue that has turned some normally mild-mannered neighbors into letter-writing mudslingers

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sharks

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The practice of cutting fins off live sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea is banned in much of the Pacific Ocean, but persists due to demand in East and Southeast Asia.

— CBS News, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
DeRisi told me how, a few years ago, there was a large die-off of leopard sharks in the San Francisco Bay.

— Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026

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