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Recent Examples of vilification Despite this national vilification, however, Wisconsin voters reelected La Follette in 1922. Time, 16 July 2025 The law declares the value of the families that LGBTQ people create at a time when the federal government has marked people who are not straight and cisgender as targets for vilification and exclusion. Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025 But some say the vilification of developers is misplaced. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 China’s vilification of Lai echoes Beijing’s denunciations, roughly two decades ago, of Chen Shui-bian, then president of Taiwan. Bonny Lin, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for vilification
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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
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
  • Mourinho’s arrival at United was a response to some of the criticisms directed at his predecessor, Louis van Gaal.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Much of his criticism originates to when Elon Musk, a South African native, was a member of his administration.
    Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Vilification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vilification. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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