malign
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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
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
"We are not faulting the social media companies for failure to remove malign content from their platforms," Bergman told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
“I don’t speak Voidish,” said the king with his dull, malign grin.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
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
These groups contend the scandal maligns the priesthood and harms the faith.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2019
The criminal is often enough not equal to his deed: he extenuates and maligns it.
From Beyond Good and Evil by Zimmern, Helen
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
Others think the floods were far worse than any recent precedent, and that the Eastlands have been unfairly maligned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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
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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CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
Schultz and Gershman expect that, should Carroll proceed with another complaint and trial, Trump will receive much steeper punitive damages than previously adjudged as the court attempts to further deter him from maligning her.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 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
FBI and Justice Department policy cautions against discussing ongoing investigations, both to protect the integrity of the inquiries and to avoid unfairly maligning someone who is being scrutinized but winds up ultimately not being charged.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
I won’t have you maligning my father, you naughty man!
From The Camerons of Highboro by Gilchrist, Beth Bradford
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