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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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The recklessness of Netanyahu's government has smeared on Israel's face a stain that will be difficult to erase even with a generation's effort.—
Ehud Barak,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Blood was smeared on the exterior and interior of the house, and police found Hartley's glasses and one shoe left behind.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 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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Theodat alleges that Arroyo defamed her with false claims in the lawsuit, and that the Herald did so as well by reporting on the matter.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
12 Oct. 2025
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MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed the election technology company Smartmatic with false statements that its voting machines helped rig the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge in Minnesota ruled Friday.—
Steve Karnowski,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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Raiola gave credit to his receivers, to Johnson and to the offensive line, maligned after he was sacked 12 times in the previous two weeks.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Thibodeau has been unfairly maligned for his hard-driving approach to the game.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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John Miranda, executive vice president at Jofran, is frustrated by rhetoric that has vilified importers like his.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Trump has long vilified Portland as the seat of the far left, since peaceful protests in the wake of George Floyd’s 2020 police killing devolved into riots and stretched on for months.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Palestinian Authority, long discredited in the West Bank, has been absent in Gaza.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Colorado contends its law simply regulates licensed therapists by banning a practice that major medical groups have deemed harmful and discredited.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Libeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libeled. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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