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He then plays some dirty pool by showing a headline from The New York Times about the buyer of the painting, cropping out the byline of the correspondent David D. Kirkpatrick.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021

“Then she played dirty pool, and said, ‘If you go, the students might not enjoy it because they would be worrying about you,’” Barb recalled.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 7, 2016

"That's dirty pool," said Robert Rehm, a Verizon Communications shareholder who also recently retired as a director of the Association of BellTel Retirees, which represents former Verizon workers.

From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2013

From now on it is dirty pool and judo in the clinches.

From Time ● Jun. 27, 2013

I would rather not stir up the dirty pool.

From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic


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