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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

He added that measures "to deal with malign state actors" were also needed.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

The most important “and, I think, malign, change” has been the arrival of social media—or “antisocial media,” as he calls them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

The creatures returned to the attack: botched beasts, belonging to ages before bird or dragon or man, long since forgotten by the daylight but recalled by the ancient, malign, unforgetful power of the Stone.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

Yet—once he lent his eloquence and wit To aid the man he now maligns.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 by Various

Oral estrogens have been unfairly maligned, while transdermal patches have been deemed a safer option.

From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026

Striker Youssef Chermiti has improved, along with other previously maligned figures such as Emmanuel Fernandez and Nasser Djiga.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

McKellen has made dozens of films since, from superhero blockbusters to character-driven indies like “Six Degrees of Separation” and musicals such as “Beauty and the Beast” and even the maligned “Cats.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 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

Maria Isabel feels she is being forced to have her daughter’s celebration with women who have maligned her as a bad mother.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

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

From Slate ● May 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

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

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

I won’t have you maligning my father, you naughty man!

From The Camerons of Highboro by Beth Bradford Gilchrist