smear campaign
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Hayler denies all the charges against him and says the allegations are a "smear campaign to ruin me" by Price.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In an open letter, signed by more than 150 filmmakers, academics, writers and even a few rabbis, the group denounced “the outrageous smear campaign against our respected colleague Mark Ruffalo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Piker, who has said he was raised Muslim but is non-practicing, called himself a victim of a "coordinated smear campaign" and Islamophobia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
An online smear campaign accused him of having plagiarized parts of his 2015 doctoral thesis.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Murky, speculative stuff, a smear campaign on a dead woman.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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