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
Perhaps even more mind-boggling: Thompson’s initial note to Graham is a case study in calumny.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2022
Why would Prager presume calumny and conspiracy in the agency’s motives?
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2021
Jefferson was guilty of “the blackest calumny and foulest falsehoods” during that bitter campaign.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
They tore into him with false claims and calumnies and writs against him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
From the viewpoint of the sermonizers, the malicious calumnies of Goebbels that had led to the chimneys were being trafficked anew, inconceivably by an American Jew.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
In a video shot in St. Peter's Square, Archbishop Anthony Apuron addressed himself to his flock in the U.S. territory, insisting he remained their archbishop and was a "victim of these horrible calumnies."
From US News ● Jun. 7, 2016
A campaign of calumnies and disinformation aimed at bringing down our headmistress?
From Slate ● May 8, 2013
“This man has a celebrity in a certain way,” Washington remarked concerning Bache, “for his calumnies are to be exceeded only by his impudence, and both stand unrivaled.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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