discredit

The goal was variously to discredit Mr. Druckenmiller, discredit the Journal, or get me to throw Mr. Druckenmiller over the side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

If confirmed that the test results were those of Maradona's father, however, it could discredit the medical commission set up to evaluate the circumstances of Maradona's death, boosting the defence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Her legal team described the businessman as a Russian-born exile and outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that Pitt’s claims amounted to an inaccurate and xenophobic attempt to discredit him.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Wardex doesn’t even bother to preemptively discredit Daniel in the public’s eye which, given the two sentences of backstory we know about his character, would be easy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Behind the scenes, Eisenhower set into motion a secret plan, dubbed Operation Mongoose, to discredit Castro.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

“This makes us vulnerable and discredits our goal to be a strong, independent geopolitical power,” Pentus-Rosimannus said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

A spokesperson for the ASA said: "We've received a complaint about a Nationwide ad. The complainant argues that the ad is misleading around other banks closing branches, and discredits and denigrates its competitors."

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2024

For this reason, Lacreuse said she doesn’t believe that the most recent chimpanzee study discredits the grandmother hypothesis.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2023

The minute they started labeling it with conspiracy theories, it discredits the purity of the work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Craig said the problem with things is that everyone is always comparing everyone with everyone and because of that, it discredits people, like in his photography classes.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

Two concurring justices favored harmless-error review, which would preserve the verdict if the state proved, “beyond a reasonable doubt,” that the discredited testimony did not affect the outcome.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

To make this possible, the evidence of experts needs to be continually discredited.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

He’s discredited the idea that the two politicians have some kind of a sibling rivalry and noted that their trajectories ran adjacent and never collided.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026

Here, then, is a sampling of predictions, which range from the discredited to pseudoscience to the bizarre.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

The discredited pathologist left Alabama but continues to serve as a practicing medical examiner in Texas.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

To say they stole the show may be discrediting, however, as I’m sure they had it in them all along.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life," Baron-Cohen said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Presumably intended to be reassuring, the thrust toward near-unanimity instead has become discrediting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

He said that he began writing about Guo in 2017, believing that the businessman was discrediting the work of Chinese dissidents.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024

This is where I need to come up with my rebuttal, but not by discrediting my opponent.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden