calumny
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Months later, the Vatican accuses Vigano of calumny.
From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023
And Jones spreads his disgusting calumny to attract an audience so that he can make a fortune by hooking them on the snake oil supplements he sells on his show.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Second, past grievance is not an adequate justification for current calumny.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022
Why would Prager presume calumny and conspiracy in the agency’s motives?
From Slate • Nov. 8, 2021
Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing calumny
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