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And while I like the idea of “replacing opposition with cooperation,” imagining that I’d vilify my kid turns me off.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

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

“Ricky Cobb was a productive citizen of this community, and we will not let you vilify him,” family attorney Bakari Sellers said at a news conference.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

"Instead of providing clarity or striking a conciliatory tone, we think labelling a multi-faceted problem as hateful extremism may instead vilify the wrong people and risk yet more division," they said.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024

But unlike the majority of the country, the Freedom Writers were not quick to vilify Klebold and Harris.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

But the organisation says, in reality, it "glorifies thinness and vilifies weight gain" and "promotes disordered eating behaviours."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2025

"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

It drives competing narratives, ideas and values underground and vilifies all who do not speak in the national cant that replaces civil discourse and debate.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 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

Even when Hsi Jen bids her do things, she vilifies her behind her back.

From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by H. Bencraft Joly

“I always felt that way and I was especially vilified for it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"I don't joke about Meredith's death. I joke a lot about how I was vilified, but I don't joke about her murder," she had told the Telegraph newspaper, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Prices at such a level could lead the kingdom to be vilified and trigger a recession or consumer changes that crush demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

My whole life, they had been vilified by my mom’s side of the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

“A money manager does not go from being a near nobody to being nearly universally applauded to being nearly universally vilified without some effect.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

All claims have been denied by China, with foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stating: "We firmly oppose peddling China spy narratives and vilifying China."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

They hope the results, instead of vilifying logging companies, can help spur a conversation about what forest managers can do better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

As “silly” as that "law" may be, Hitler remains the ultimate go-to example for vilifying an opponent.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

We can have a discussion about spending without vilifying Republicans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

In other words, Burr’s allegation that Hamilton had made a practice of vilifying him for many years was essentially correct.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis