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smear

[smeer] / smɪər /




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Jennifer Pritchard, 47, from Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, created a Facebook page called "Jen's Justice" where she led a two-month smear campaign against Stephen Pritchard, a South Wales Police officer.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

The congresswoman added that her relationship with the president is “100% professional,” and that any suggestion otherwise is an attempt to smear her.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 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

Cambridge called the claims against Arday a “vile smear campaign to undermine his credibility.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Gum Baby picked at a smear of sap on her pants.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Researchers gently rub the parchment with a dry cytology brush, the same type of brush used for Pap smears.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

In an Instagram video, external, Sawalha said she had become "the target of an escalating campaign of smears, complaints, hostile media coverage and targeted calls to have me removed from Loose Women".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

She tears into a warm baguette, smears it with chèvre and hands him a piece.

From Salon Jun. 30, 2026

HPV tests and Pap smears are critical tools to diagnose patients who might have an infection.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 5, 2026

That means our fingers, if you're wondering why there are food smears on this letter.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Capitol smeared with the ashes of an American flag.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Lean and wet and smeared with grass, he introduces himself as Lincoln Hedberg from New Jersey.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

One group inflated a giant disco ball, while another smeared themselves with body paint next to a line of rehearsing dancers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

This included an empty can of energy drink left in the middle of the floor of a clean delivery room - as well as butter "smeared around the top of a birthing pool".

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

I force the sandwich to my lips and it crumbles, dry toast smeared with butter, in my mouth.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

“Gray raindrops pattered listlessly on the kitchen window, obscuring the thin morning light” as Honor Wilson is found smearing “a dot of margarine across some toast.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Ramos said the audio was about smearing his work, adding "no Mexican authority took responsibility for that audio."

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Mullin did not apologize for his remarks and instead accused Paul of smearing his character.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

His ill-fated attempt to unmask a whistleblower he thought was smearing an old colleague, was seen by some – but not all – as evidence of fierce loyalty to his own troops.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2025

I ask, smearing a little extra butter on my crust and giving it to Boomer, who has been sniffing around the turkey waiting to be stuffed on the counter.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish




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