aspersion
Example Sentences
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That will be no mean feat in a district where she is already facing the “carpetbagger” aspersion.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Schumer instead tempered the aspersion directed at his Senate counterpart as a “blatant falsehood.”
From Fox News ● Oct. 13, 2018
He excelled at the art of casting aspersion.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2017
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said it “rejects any insinuation or aspersion over its commitment to fight terrorism.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2015
The chief ignored Trengove’s aspersion and calmly remarked to the bench, “My Lord, I think the Crown is running wild.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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