cast aspersions
idiom
formal
: to say harsh critical things about someone or someone's character
He tried to discuss his political opponents respectfully, without casting aspersions.
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As recently as three months ago, the Washington cognoscenti cast aspersions on her political skills.
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The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
For Trump supporters, the shooting provides an opportunity to cast aspersions on the Biden Administration.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 15 July 2024
The yearly circus of the Academy Awards is easy to cast aspersions on.
—Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024
As Haley’s prominence has grown, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once viewed as the top Republican challenger to Trump, and his allies have attacked the former ambassador as beholden to Wall Street, questioned her conservative bona fides and cast aspersions about her tenure as governor.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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The Editors, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024
For Trump supporters, the shooting provides an opportunity to cast aspersions on the Biden Administration.
—Barbara McQuade, TIME, 15 July 2024
The yearly circus of the Academy Awards is easy to cast aspersions on.
—Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024
As Haley’s prominence has grown, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, once viewed as the top Republican challenger to Trump, and his allies have attacked the former ambassador as beholden to Wall Street, questioned her conservative bona fides and cast aspersions about her tenure as governor.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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