Some residents have accused outsiders of trying to ruin the reputation of the town's high school football team.

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Now Oebanda is fighting a battle that could truly ruin her reputation and the organization she created -- fraud allegations made by Philippine investigators.

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In 2001, after he spoke out against Mr. Armstrong's relationship with Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, who has been accused of administering performance-enhancing drugs, Mr. LeMond believes Mr. Armstrong set out to ruin his reputation and business.

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The controversy has shaken the city, with some residents accusing outsiders of trying to ruin the reputation of the town's high school football team, one of the few bright spots in the economically depressed community of 18, 000.

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"Rehtaeh is gone today because of the four boys that thought that raping a 15-year-old girl was OK and to distribute a photo to ruin her spirit and reputation would be fun, " her mother wrote.

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Buyers and sellers who feel they've been burned can ruin an individual's reputation -- sometimes groundlessly.

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Yet now, believe it or not, a pathetically bungled act of arson at an illegally built restaurant on a Corsican beach is threatening to blow his government off course and ruin its well-fostered reputation for integrity and candour.

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These kinds of sector moves can ruin a fund manager's reputation.

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But like a prominent hostess whose drunken family members ruin her fundraiser, Hostess could have found a way to save its reputation and keep the party going.

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