disparage

He called upon people to love their enemies, not rebuke them or disparage their existence.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Newly appointed "60 Minutes" executive producer Nick Bilton said Pelley "hijacked my first meeting with staff to disparage me, my qualifications, and my intentions with remarkable incivility and contempt."

From Barron's ● 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

USA men's ice hockey player Brady Tkachuk has distanced himself from an AI-enhanced White House video in which he appears to disparage Canadians, saying "those words would never come out of my mouth".

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

This caused perhaps the most publicized dissent against the Lazarus woodpecker, with op-ed pieces running weekly in the paper to disparage John Barling and his mob of birdwatcher friends.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

But when she’s not signing books for her faithful readers, Carol glumly disparages her jackpot premise as if it’s a badly written “Star Trek” episode.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

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 feels tenderness toward her when she disparages herself this way.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Kates also advised Epstein to “lay very low and quiet” and disparaged those who had distanced themselves from him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 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

As he grew to love Maggie, Elisha disparaged her work more often.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

And Schnur, the former GOP political consultant, said the wide lead allows Raman to spend more time touting her own credentials instead of disparaging Bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

He added a Canadian flag emoji and the caption "this is real" - an apparent attempt at disparaging Canada's military by making fun of the pair's appearance.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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

“Nothing is wrong with my heart,” she huffed as she kept a disparaging eye on the waiter.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan