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In the latter, he said he did not impugn the jurors — who were not present — but was advising the just-acquitted defendant to stay out of trouble.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

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

Their best approach would be to impugn the credibility of the witnesses on the cross-examination, with the most vulnerable witness being Michael Cohen.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

TWENTY-THIRD I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me.

From The Lincoln Year Book Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator by Abraham Lincoln

The rules of evidence are supposed to prohibit the presentation of “character evidence” — information that simply impugns a defendant or reveals past wrongs — to avoid biasing jurors.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

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

Still, founded on prodigious research, it convincingly impugns key tenets of Bugliosi’s narrative and exhumes a trove of provocative data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2019

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

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2018

General remarks Particular objections I. Calvinism impugns the moral character of the Deity II.

From On Calvinism by William Hull

What they lacked was confidence that those results would be received as anything other than a provocation, with their motives impugned.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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

He, a black man, had repeatedly impugned the government of South Africa and its policies of apartheid.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

Another told me that he believed Mr Johnson was impugning the reputation of his own MPs.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2022

American government officials, the press, and the public expressed their disappointment with the delays, many impugning the agency’s judgment and competence.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly