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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
  • Falwell sued for invasion of privacy, libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Harper denied the allegations, and Huizenga filed a libel lawsuit against the former contestant.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has repeatedly denied writing the letter and sued the Wall Street Journal, which was first to report on the letter, for defamation.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has repeatedly denied writing any such letter and is suing the Journal’s parent company, publisher, reporters and owner Rupert Murdoch for $10 billion in a defamation lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida.
    Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Calumny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calumny. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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