denigrate
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Altman’s November 2019 email also told the board that Dario agreed “not to denigrate projects he doesn’t believe in that others want to bet on.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
After a week of hearing various US officials denigrate Europe, its leaders and its regulations at Davos, ECB chief Christine Lagarde said Friday that the harsh words could be just what the continent needed.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Netflix didn’t just become HBO—it won HBO, and will now denigrate the quality of that house in the process while swallowing up another formidable competitor.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2025
But certainly, my script is not in an effort to denigrate Maggie’s experience.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2025
Climbers who snidely denigrate this as the Yak Route, I decided, had obviously never been through the Khumbu Icefall.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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It issued a four-page fact-check of the book that denigrates Wynn-Williams’ ostensibly “new” claims by asserting that they were mostly published previously, and even helpfully provides links to the original reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
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
“It denigrates the millions of victims of the Shoah in a despicable manner,” the council’s president, Josef Schuster, said, using the Hebrew name for the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
Elsewhere, Ingram denigrates freedom of speech and the press:
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2021
“I think anything that denigrates other people, I have to respectfully decline,” she said.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
Moseley says the exact opposite: "There is really high-quality work on masking, and it's startling and upsetting to see such work be denigrated."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Caesar denigrated situation comedies as soap operas with laughs added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Kennedy, who has denigrated vaccines over the years, did not elaborate on the rationale for altering the recommendation for pregnant women in the 58-second video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
The very traditional rap song takes the listener through a list of people who have wronged and denigrated the rapper's name.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
I know my parents had their reasons to raise us without religion, but it still upsets me to hear my grandmother's peaceful beliefs denigrated.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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The speculation, she says, is "denigrating to their memories".
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
In the lead up to the Super Bowl, boosters of traditional sportsbooks have been denigrating prediction markets.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
“It is likely that a very unhappy human came up with the idea of denigrating the holiday experience, even if AI was used to create part of the ad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025
Four years later, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, all nuance was gone; the version of Jefferson on display became a denigrating demonstration of hypocrisy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
“You’ll learn, young brotha. You’ll learn. The Europeans succeeded in denigrating and enslaving peoples of African descent, but there’s royal blood flowing through your veins, you hear me?”
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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