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aspersion

[uh-spur-zhuhn, -shuhn] / əˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən /


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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

Don’t restrict my freedom to ask questions that are perfectly legitimate, that cast no aspersion unless you choose to take them that way.

From Slate Oct. 23, 2018

Schumer instead tempered the aspersion directed at his Senate counterpart as a “blatant falsehood.”

From Fox News Oct. 13, 2018

No matter, it is fully understandable that Williams would react to the allusion of the data as aspersion against her accomplishments.

From Washington Post Jul. 27, 2018

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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