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That led Judge Perry to retort: “You are significantly undercutting your mea culpa here by standing behind the charges and continuing to vilify these particular defendants.”

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

Despite testing positive, another reader scolded, I “continue to vilify vaccine skeptics generally, and … Kennedy specifically. Truly fascinating.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Then they start to actually vilify the regulations, and Frank Church becomes persona non grata, and all of a sudden it's like, "Wait, what? Didn't we learn something?"

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

And on Wednesday Hayes added that the language used to "vilify" James online was "unacceptable".

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

"Probably some kind of evidence they could use to vilify Tariq," Sloan says.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

"The series has perfect balance on many scores. It neither romanticises, nor vilifies rural life; it has very lively humour, but it's not flippant because it talks about a lot of very serious, pertinent issues."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023

"The departure of Meghan and Harry from royal ranks has been far more damaging to the monarchy than the coverage that vilifies them understands or accepts," she told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022

The show, by contrast, is more blunt in its critique; it actively vilifies those who try to decide, unilaterally, how the world should pay for its sins.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2019

Anything that romanticizes people or vilifies them, what you’re doing is simplifying them.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2018

But you will also see the manner in which he evades his duty, and vilifies in the eyes of these miserable country powers the authority of the Directors.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

By 1996, Richard Horton, then the editor of the Lancet, the British medical journal, could marvel: “He is now perhaps the most vilified scientist alive.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

Often, he is ridiculed, vilified and told he is no longer welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

In a Facebook post over the weekend, the minister said he has been "vilified by those who have sought to call into question my character and commitment to the people of Northern Ireland".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

Within minutes of his appearance, Mamdani was vilified within minutes.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025

She had seen her mentor Howard Fuller vilified.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

No more cutting carbs, no more vilifying sugar.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

Asked to comment about the senators’ letter, McLaughlin said, “The vilifying of our law enforcement must stop.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

"And neither of us were interested in simply vilifying or demonising these people. Your job as an actor is to leave your judgement at the door."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2024

We can have a discussion about spending without vilifying Republicans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Though the rest of the world, including his own country, was vilifying Bobby for his outrageous positions and statements, the Icelanders felt sorry for him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady