besmirchment

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The painstaking besmirchment of New York Street was one more twist in the long saga of one of filmdom’s most famous outdoor sets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2024

“Dieselgate put the final besmirchment on his career,” Wolkonowicz said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2019

Bad Timing is safe now from such besmirchment, and Roeg’s reputation has rarely been greater, thanks in part to the adulation of younger directors such as Christopher Nolan and Danny Boyle.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2018

Disputing these narratives tends to result in personal besmirchment, with questioners labelled either a pawn of the industry or witless dupe.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

But we don't want to put such a foul besmirchment on the class name, if we can avoid it, the night before graduation.

From Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)