as in libeled
to make untrue and harmful statements about
a candidate who believes that it is possible to win an election without maligning anyone
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Recent Examples of maligned
Trump had already maligned the people of that country while on the campaign trail, and his promise of a Muslim travel ban would hit Somalia too.
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Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Eric Zitzewitz, another co-author of the 2008 paper and a professor at Dartmouth, suggested that while gambling-like behavior may be happening on prediction markets, the platforms may be getting unfairly maligned.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
The tangerine-hued drink may have maligned aperitivo as what Americans think of as happy hour—consuming multiple drinks before dinner—but traditionally, aperitivo is a millennia-old ritual that stems from sipping a single drink with herbal, bitter flavors to stimulate the appetite.
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Jillian Dara,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
That may be why Intel is once again looking to bring back Raptor Lake, a performative, but maligned architectural design that sucked up a lot of power to deliver its impressive gaming and productivity performance.
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Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
With all this planning is also the usually maligned task of meal planning.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
From the beginning, the Chinese survivors were maligned by the press, even though Fang helped row the lifeboat and transport people to safety, the BBC reported.
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Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, the much maligned CanCon has proven one of the few barriers to total American media dominance that Canada (a nation where the vast majority of the population live within miles of the border) has been able to put in place.
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Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 May 2026
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
Eric Zitzewitz, another co-author of the 2008 paper and a professor at Dartmouth, suggested that while gambling-like behavior may be happening on prediction markets, the platforms may be getting unfairly maligned.
—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
The tangerine-hued drink may have maligned aperitivo as what Americans think of as happy hour—consuming multiple drinks before dinner—but traditionally, aperitivo is a millennia-old ritual that stems from sipping a single drink with herbal, bitter flavors to stimulate the appetite.
—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
That may be why Intel is once again looking to bring back Raptor Lake, a performative, but maligned architectural design that sucked up a lot of power to deliver its impressive gaming and productivity performance.
—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
15 June 2026
With all this planning is also the usually maligned task of meal planning.
—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
From the beginning, the Chinese survivors were maligned by the press, even though Fang helped row the lifeboat and transport people to safety, the BBC reported.
—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
Introduced in the 1960s and 1970s, the much maligned CanCon has proven one of the few barriers to total American media dominance that Canada (a nation where the vast majority of the population live within miles of the border) has been able to put in place.
—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maligned
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers.
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Love was vilified for Cobain’s death, accused of complicity, exploitation, or worse, resulting in a real sense of danger.
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Some of those who dared to express even a whisper of relief at his death were vilified online and arrested.
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Only the United States was humiliated; both countries have experienced a catastrophic loss.
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However, they were then humiliated 2-1, after extra time, by second division side Torreense in the final.
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Getty Images Six years after disgraced former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn escaped Japan by private jet, hidden inside an audio equipment case, few expected his name to dominate another Nissan shareholders' meeting.
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Among the guests were Prince William and Kate Middleton, as well as the daughters of Sarah Ferguson and disgraced ex-Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice and Eugenie.
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Now, the ultimate question of whether Walters slandered Miller will return to the district court.
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Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months.
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Instead, they are encouraged to view blue zones primarily through the lens of a sloppy critique that has already been discredited.
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Those accusations have long been discredited.
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