disparage

That means that you can set the narrative, you can set the agenda, you can disparage your opponent.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

"The commission is concerned that Sanofi pursued a misleading communication campaign to disparage Fluad by portraying it as inferior to Efluelda, going against national vaccination recommendations in several member states," a commission statement said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

In the letter terminating Pelley's contract on Tuesday, Bilton accused him of hijacking the staff meeting to disparage Bilton, his qualificatons and intentions with "remarkable incivility and contempt".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“I took all of his commentary to be very, very careful not to disparage any person on the court or elsewhere,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

“I heard you disparage this fine establishment,” he answered.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Warsh regularly disparages such models and the “economics guild” that developed them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

I would like to point out that the 18th-century world Messinger so disparages also gave us the freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

After the story published, Tesfaye posted a clip on Twitter and Instagram in which the character disparages the publication.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023

He disparages the idea that we have fundamental rights that are basic to bodily integrity, human dignity, and equal citizenship, simply because they are not mentioned in the text.

From Slate ● May 18, 2022

He feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

In the six weeks since the tariff decision, he has repeatedly disparaged the patriotism and loyalty of the justices who ruled against him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

She was also reported to have privately disparaged the show’s correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who reported the segment, to journalists in off-the-record briefings.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

Other research has been disparaged for not using proper quality-control measures.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

He disparaged Denmark in particular when recalling how in 1940 it "fell to Germany after just six hours of fighting and was totally unable to defend either itself or Greenland".

From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026

“I know you don’t like seeing your girlfriend or whatever disparaged like that, but these guys have been doing this for years. That graffiti was probably from last year or before.”

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Masamine Ryuho, the president of Vivant's TV network TBS, said on Wednesday that the show was completely fictional and had no intentions of "disparaging any particular country".

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

An Ohio judge recently ordered both parties to remove social media posts about each other that were considered disparaging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

She once received a refund after a flight attendant made a disparaging remark about how she was dressed.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026

Several people who worked with Foa suggested she could be intimidating and sometimes disparaging to people she worked with.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

“Thank you for joining us, Miss Swan,” Mr. Mason said in a disparaging tone.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer