variants
or libelled
as in smeared
to make untrue and harmful statements about
the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him
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Shohreh Dupuis left her job as city manager of Laguna Beach two years ago, in the wake of a squabble with a city council member, a threat of a harassment lawsuit, and an inquiry into into how her house came to be smeared with feces.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025 -
Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Dearborn has often been slandered for simply coexisting peacefully, because the truth is, some people are uncomfortable, and frankly upset about seeing church steeples and mosque domes share the same skyline on roads.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Moreno calls accusations ‘slander’ In a statement provided to The Bee, Moreno denied the accusations and said she was being slandered.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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That leaves only the claim that he was defamed.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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Trump is claiming he was defamed by the newspaper, four of its reporters and book publisher Penguin Random House.—
Chloe Atkins,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy's rhetoric on autism has been embraced by some corners of the autism community and maligned in others.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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In other past social media posts, Kirk maligned hate speech as a weapon that liberals used to punish conservatives for their free speech.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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She has been valorized and vilified in equal measure throughout her life.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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Undocumented immigrants are sometimes vilified while their employers escape criticism, according to Bradley, a retired attorney whose career represented business interests.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But many climate scientists have discredited this argument, saying that freezing events can take place even amid climate change—but as time goes on, those cold events will happen less often and won’t last as long.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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The study was later discredited and retracted but doubts about the MMR vaccine have persisted.—
Stephanie Innes,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Libeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libeled. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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