calumny
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Months later, the Vatican accuses Vigano of calumny.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
And Jones spreads his disgusting calumny to attract an audience so that he can make a fortune by hooking them on the snake oil supplements he sells on his show.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
KASSEL, Germany — It began with a calumny, it ends with a crack-up.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
Rhetorical flourish is par for the course in these speeches, but no previous convention in modern times has seen such endless regurgitation of pure calumny.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2020
Given the calumny New York previously had shoveled on Chicago, the postponement was an act of surprising grace.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
"What calumnies, what lies," said President Miguel Diaz-Canel late on Wednesday, exposing some of the fake news stories on a televised roundtable.
From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2021
Rio’s mayor at the time, Eduardo Paes, wrote a letter complaining of my calumnies and took offense at talk of corruption.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
In a video shot in St. Peter's Square, Archbishop Anthony Apuron addressed himself to his flock in the U.S. territory, insisting he remained their archbishop and was a "victim of these horrible calumnies."
From US News ● Jun. 7, 2016
He looked about imploringly for help in defending his country’s future against the obnoxious calumnies of this sly and sinful assailant.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing calumny
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