defaming

Example Sentences

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Chaves has had strained ties with local media, whom he accuses of defaming him.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“The whole thing’s about defaming me,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It also accuses Ms Javadli of posting videos on social media in which "she insulted and slandered" her former husband as well as defaming the state and violating state laws.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit in which Drake had accused the world’s biggest record company of defaming him with the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

The broken bit of mirror danced away from him; he picked it up and turned it over in his fingers, thinking, thinking of Dumbledore and the lies with which Rita Skeeter was defaming him....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling