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Recent Examples of calumny 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 That’s when his ugly-American calumny turned to blather. Armond White, National Review, 28 May 2025 That brings us to the other calumnies Vance and Trump have directed at the Haitians in Springfield. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024 Within Israel, though, the ICJ case is seen by most as a calumny that only proves antisemitism’s enduring nature. Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2024 For years, the British government maintained that the dead were combatants and that some of them belonged to the I.R.A. To family members, this was a calumny that for decades shadowed their lives. David Segal, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023 Claiming otherwise is a despicable calumny. James Freeman, WSJ, 25 May 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calumny
Noun
  • Harry has twice sued Associated Newspapers for libel, winning one case and withdrawing the other, while his wife Meghan has also won a privacy lawsuit against the publisher.
    Michael Holden, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The country also still lacks a freedom of information act, and libel remains a criminal offense.
    Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • During the defamation trial, relatives of victims described threats and harassment from Jones’s followers who believed the claims.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ciattarelli denied the claim and vowed to file a defamation lawsuit, according to reports.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Calumny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calumny. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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