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Ms. Nuzzi will not dignify efforts to impugn her character with any future response,” Nuzzi’s lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

Stories like these are not told to impugn the professionalism and ethics of the American military.

From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2025

That’s not to say that a cynic would be shocked if somebody donated to charity or helped a stranger, but they might suspect or impugn the person’s motives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024

If Gardner was going to impugn his character and question his credibility, he decided, he wouldn’t cooperate with her prosecutors.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2023

There is no reason to impugn either the judgment or veracity of this missionary.

From The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne F. Cook

We’ve learned a lot about women’s rights and the suffrage movement, and do we hear men saying that it shouldn’t be taught because it impugns men?

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2022

“For people to say we’re somehow manipulating the system — I do take offense, because that impugns my integrity as a system operator.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2020

He also said it “tacitly impugns the integrity” of judges to suggest that they could not meet performance standards.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2018

The documentary impugns the criminal justice system’s pursuit of Mr. Avery and Mr. Dassey at nearly every turn, pointing the finger at investigators, prosecutors and a defense lawyer who was assigned to Mr. Dassey.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2016

And I; and now we three have spoke it, It skills not greatly who impugns our doom.

From King Henry VI, Part 2 by William Shakespeare

Humphrey, the Court said a prisoner named Roy Heck couldn’t seek monetary damages for what he claimed was an unconstitutional manslaughter conviction, without first getting it overturned or impugned in some way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

“It would seem that because not only their reputations are being impugned, but they are central to this case—it would seem that an interview of these two prosecutors would be central.”

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024

“The impugned conduct took place in Queensland whether one terms the impugned conduct an ‘effect’ or actual conduct,” she added.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024

Federal and state prosecutors have dropped or dismissed dozens of cases that relied on the impugned officers and the city now faces a federal civil rights lawsuit over the text messages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

People tend to get defensive when the integrity of their national sport is impugned.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Such was the outcry that Ms. Oudéa-Castéra was obliged to apologize for impugning the performance of teachers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

She said plaintiffs could potentially go after companies for faulty or negligent designs that result in algorithms putting out damaging information, impugning reputation.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

It sometimes seems as if the participants in the debate are more concerned with impugning each others’ motives than addressing the genuine issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

He suggested that Mr Johnson's behaviour was "impugning the reputations of Conservative MPs".

From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2022

Even Ned Stark could scarcely object to that, not without impugning the honor of the king.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin