defamatory
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“The producers used what could be stripped of context and reassembled to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed,” reads the suit.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
Statements made by Essex Police said to be about Daily Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson could be defamatory, a High Court judge has ruled.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
To accuse them falsely of passing AI-generated work as their own is potentially defamatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Cizeron, who is competing in next month's Milan-Cortina Winter Games with a new partner, has denounced "defamatory remarks" and is considering legal action.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
We do not like to apply that defamatory phrase to all those girls and women who are set forth as the chief accusers.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Putnam, Allen
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