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Noun
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Social media platforms were a critical battleground during the campaign, with political mudslingers waging cyberwar with few legal constraints after the government failed to act on calls for a new law to protect democracy in the internet age.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
12 Dec. 2019 -
In 2010, when the group launched ahead of Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, Brock had imposed a set of self-regulations on the staff that would cultivate an air of respectability for the mudslingers.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
Daily Intelligencer,
20 May 2018
Noun
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Cats were also more likely to attack dogs than vice versa.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Other Trump appointees have no qualms about being seen as partisan attack dogs.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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“Polemicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polemicist. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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