as in slander
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At least Redick said some of his slander is in jest.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025 -
Stray words and actions also can trigger liability for libel, slander, harassment, or other claims.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2025
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That brings us to the other calumnies Vance and Trump have directed at the Haitians in Springfield.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Sep. 2024
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Sifton and Stern conclude their book with a look at how even after the Nazis’ defeat, the Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi families faced public and official calumny for being relatives of traitors.—
Peter Hoffmann,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2014
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Gallagher has reportedly already thrown one lawsuit at Banksy for defamation in another case.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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The remark was a reference to Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over the track.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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The allegations were cemented in a New York Times article — for which Baldoni has filed a $250 million libel lawsuit against the outlet — as well as Lively’s Dec. 31 lawsuit against her former costar.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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The situation escalated quickly, with Baldoni responding by filing a $250 million libel suit against The New York Times and later a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds, and her publicist Leslie Sloane for alleged defamation and civil extortion.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
9 Feb. 2025
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Why is the American state so susceptible to vilification?—
Jon D. Michaels,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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Businesses benefiting from minority funding programs are also in line to experience the shockwaves of the President’s vilification of what fellow conservatives view as the infiltration of wokeism into American culture and politics necessitating an end to policies promoting affirmative action.—
Gus Alexiou,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Any aspersions for the prevalence of fake Louis Vuitton should be cast on Canal Street in New York, not in France.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach.—
Jessica Chen Weiss,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2024
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The main detraction with these was a less comfortable fit.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Nov. 2024
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Many smart investors, among them, several of my colleagues, cannot warm up to these stocks because of such obvious detractions as the lack of new products, patent expirations, and price controls.—
Karen Firestone,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2024
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“Backbiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbiting. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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