malign
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“The system is operating in this state of malign neglect and carelessness that has a real impact on people’s financial lives,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Yet that’s also how Malone feels about the current climate of Hollywood — a once-stable neighborhood fending off malign forces.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
This week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the UK must "deal with malign state actors" and suggested his government would bring forward legislation "as quickly as possible".
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
Schumer in his statement, noted that “Iran’s malign regional activities, nuclear ambitions, and harsh oppression of the Iranian people demands American strength, resolve, regional coordination, and strategic clarity.”
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2026
Was it imagining on his part, Robbie wondered, or malign intent on hers, that made the adults' portions appear twice the size of the children's?
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Much like the recent reclaiming of the bimbo as empowering and gossip as an act of feminist resistance, her L.A. hot girl TikToks remove guilt from the pleasure of feminine hobbies that patriarchy maligns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
If a media organization knowingly and falsely maligns a public figure, the fact that it reported nice and true things elsewhere is no defense.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
But the movement has been getting pushback from some Hindu Americans who argue that such legislation maligns a specific community.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
The girls' family has also questioned the police's version, saying it maligns their daughters.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2022
We said, that he suspects not his ignorance of the masters he maligns.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
For nearly 40 years as an attorney, he used that presence to fight for the maligned like few others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Oral estrogens have been unfairly maligned, while transdermal patches have been deemed a safer option.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Richly talented but much maligned, England captain Harry Brook finally achieved redemption at Pallekele stadium in Kandy after a torrid few months -- and came of age as a leader.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
In the weeks leading up to Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election, a series of AI-generated videos maligned the departing leader, Tsai Ing-wen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
I wailed and gnashed my teeth over the fact that I had maligned a fellow student.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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I am in no way maligning Tracey’s question, though.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
The executive director of Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a violation of the Constitution and wrongly maligning librarians.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
“I don’t think she’s maligning ‘Deal or No Deal.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
InfoWars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones continued his maligning of presiding Travis County, Texas District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble on Wednesday night not long after his defamation trial adjourned.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2022
They have always been engaged in maligning human nature—in attacking the human heart—in efforts to destroy all natural passions.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
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