discredit
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Wardex doesn’t even bother to preemptively discredit Daniel in the public’s eye which, given the two sentences of backstory we know about his character, would be easy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The closure "really did a lot of work to discredit the notion of a just transition", Gibbs believes.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
To my mind, these wildly inconsistent results are enough to discredit any accusation based on a Pangram analysis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
But she doesn't think Redzepi's actions "should discredit the works and culinary experimentation they've been doing."
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Los Alamos constantly worried that if it rejected a project, it would be seen, to its discredit, as “less ‘enthusiastic’ ” than its rival, Livermore.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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