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Recent Examples of libelous And in this age of clickbait journalism, even those members of the legacy media have resorted to libelous headlines and false reports to generate views. Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025 In Britain, Musk has called for the release of Tommy Robinson, a far-right extremist who was jailed for 18 months in October for repeating a libelous claim about a Syrian refugee schoolboy attacking girls. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025 These are false, libelous claims. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024 Some typical British editor got scared because everything is potentially libelous. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for libelous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libelous
Adjective
  • Engineers outfitted the device with a heater to melt ice in the winter, a customization that should improve accuracy during Arizona’s freeze-thaw cycles that have long created erroneous measurements.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Vedra and other debt law experts said a high rate of default judgments indicates a system that favors the pursuers over the pursued — and increases the chances someone will be harmed by an erroneous bill.
    Rae Ellen Bichell, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For example, the state can rightly regulate defamatory statements or obscene material.
    Timothy R. Holbrook, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Second, the article is not defamatory, according to the Journal’s filing.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In April, the sheriff disclosed further issues, including incorrect citation numbers and amounts.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Aerating in the incorrect season could have negative consequences for your lawn.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • My Netflix doc on this scandalous subject is coming soon.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Kimmel, who has spent most of his late-night career as a flippant but not particularly scandalous figure, acknowledged just how scary things had become that the White House might take aim at him.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Evaluating defamation claims where the report contains demonstrably false factual assertions.
    Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • However, as several independent experts interviewed by NPR note, that claim is false.
    Scott Neuman, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, social media sleuths shared inaccurate information and a man was detained after allegedly trying to drive through a barricade near the church.
    Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Others were related to the actual content of the courses, such as a school that used a curriculum that included inaccurate information about permissible blood-alcohol levels for drivers and another school that provided students with answers to final exam questions in advance.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Libelous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libelous. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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