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malign

[muh-lahyn] / məˈlaɪn /




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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

In 1979 Americans immediately felt the malign effects of that year’s Islamic revolution, which replaced the autocratic but modernizing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, previously said the arrests were part of "a long-running investigation" and "ongoing work to disrupt malign activity where we suspect it".

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

“We don’t want to breathe that smoke. It’s full of malign humors.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

A man who knowingly assaults the true, who knowingly endeavors to stain the pure, who knowingly maligns the good and noble, is a blasphemer.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll

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

My mother took note of anyone who maligned any characteristic of her husband or anything associated with him.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.

From Slate ● May 28, 2024

The 50-year-old journalist was living in Kenya to avoid arrest at home on charges of maligning the powerful military.

From Washington Times ● May 25, 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 strove again, as they had striven before, to win the King's favour by maligning him.

From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt




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