slander

Professor Inger Brodey alleged that the school’s hiring was marred by “improprieties, slander, vindictiveness and manipulation” and accused Mr. Atkins of hiring “candidates who conform to unspoken, homogenous, ideological criteria.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

“Nobody has endured what he has over the past few years. People tried to murder him, incarcerate him, slander him. But here he is. I’m so very proud.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

The document was later ruled inadmissible at trial, but earlier this year, Italy’s highest court upheld Knox’s separate conviction for committing slander against Lumumba.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025

Imamoglu was also critical of Turkish state broadcaster TRT, which he said was funded by citizens' taxes and "should broadcast this hearing instead of reporting with lies and slander to discredit me".

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2025

Although Chicago was rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo, its leading men felt keenly the slander from New York that their city had few cultural assets.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Oana Eftimie dismisses the charges against Georgescu, and some of his backers, as reheated slanders:

From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025

Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, said the individuals on trial are not Chinese law enforcement and called the charges "nothing but rumors and slanders."

From Reuters ● May 31, 2023

“TVN slanders our authorities. It slanders John Paul and it slanders all of our values,” Eleonora Sochal, 76, said.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 2, 2023

Often, when someone slanders another person, it’s over and done in a short amount of time.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Jun. 6, 2018

It is this public spirit, manifested in its heroic form in our civil war, that has made this dear old Commonwealth what we all know it to be, despite foul slanders.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by E. E. Brown

But when she realizes Iago has slandered Desdemona she turns into an enraged lioness, roundly exposing and condemning him—and Othello—with righteous fury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

Fueling a spat that has shattered ties between the long-allied nations, Gustavo Petro said, "Mr Trump has slandered me and insulted Colombia."

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025

And afterward, according to CNN’s Joan Biskupic, he wrote a letter to Judge Furman essentially apologizing for joining an opinion that slandered him.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025

News through her attorney, “It saddens me beyond belief that my husband’s character could be slandered in such a way.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025

At Rachel’s burial, Jackson angrily said, “I can and do forgive all my enemies. But those vile wretches who have slandered her must look to God for mercy.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Knox was convicted of slandering Mr Lumumba in 2011.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024

Knox was accused of slandering Lumumba, the Congolese bar owner who employed her part-time, based on two statements typed by police that she signed during a long night of questioning just days after the killing.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

He shot back, “You are slandering me incorrectly.... My views are constantly misrepresented.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

"You are slandering me incorrectly. What you're saying is dishonest," Kennedy said, pointing angrily in her direction, while the congresswoman declared she was reclaiming her time.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023

“I’d rather not ask the obscene motive for this. I’d like to think that you’re attempting to make amends in your simple way for slandering me on my dismal first day with this ludicrous wagon.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole