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After the editorial appeared, on January 7, 1978, seminarians incensed by the slander of Khomeini staged large demonstrations in Qom.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025 -
The film’s anarchy and media manipulation and slander played out during the last presidential election, and with subsequent things like the sacking of Trump critic Stephen Colbert as Skydance and Paramount Global were desperate for FCC approval of the $8 billion acquisition.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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The Sermon on the ‘Mount episode also represented, amid the resulting furor on the right, a canny announcement that the collected calumnies of creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are finally available on the Paramount Plus streaming service, after years licensed on Warner Bros.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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That’s when his ugly-American calumny turned to blather.—
Armond White,
National Review,
28 May 2025
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Hunt's defamation lawsuit against SBC and Guidepost two years ago ushered in a referendum on Southern Baptists' support for funding abuse response and confidence in Guidepost's investigation.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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But the judge went on to dismiss that claim, too, finding it isn’t permitted in defamation cases and that Mace was protected anyway by the U.S. Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
20 Aug. 2025
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Trump appears to be the first sitting President or Presidential nominee in American history to sue for libel or defamation.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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Now Trump has filed a lawsuit for libel and slander against the Wall Street Journal, its publisher, two of its reporters, and News Corp founder and former friend Rupert Murdoch.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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In an interview with Variety published this week, Smollett spoke of his public vilification.—
Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Cue user fury, Main Street vilification and congressional grillings, including questions over the suicide of a young Robinhood options trader.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The entire point of declaring some rock cool is to cast further aspersions on the actual popular rock bands at the time.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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Any aspersions for the prevalence of fake Louis Vuitton should be cast on Canal Street in New York, not in France.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Each heart shaped decanter features layered references to its source and heritage that enhance and frame the spirit itself without detraction.—
Mark Littler,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The main detraction with these was a less comfortable fit.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Backbiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbiting. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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