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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'shady past' is correct and can be used in written English.
This phrase typically implies a person's history or experiences that are unknown, secretive, or dubious. For example, "The candidate for mayor had a shady past that some people were concerned about."
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Mrs Bone the rightwing candidate has an interestingly shady past.
He has portrayed himself as a tough guy with a shady past.
How could Pope Benedict have approved the candidacy of someone with such a shady past?
And who is the mysterious Cribbins, come to blackmail Moist over his shady past?
McGill is a New York City private detective trying to leave his shady past behind.
The French press has revealed other aspects of Gotovina's shady past.
The longer the senior Mayweather talks, the more he delves into his selling drugs, his shady past.
There could be further revelations about exactly what he knew of his recruit's shady past, and when.
By now, word had spread around that a Welsh-speaking writer with a shady past had recently been in town.
It was, fairly obviously, composed by a band with a slightly shady past and a "the" in their name.
Their ruling did not touch on the defence's claims regarding the Moo Youngs' shady past nor Maharaj's alibi witnesses.
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