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And while I like the idea of “replacing opposition with cooperation,” imagining that I’d vilify my kid turns me off.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Then they start to actually vilify the regulations, and Frank Church becomes persona non grata, and all of a sudden it's like, "Wait, what? Didn't we learn something?"

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2024

"Instead of providing clarity or striking a conciliatory tone, we think labelling a multi-faceted problem as hateful extremism may instead vilify the wrong people and risk yet more division," they said.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024

“The city attempted to vilify Officer Garza when he spoke truth to power,” said Greg Smith, Garza’s attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

"Probably some kind of evidence they could use to vilify Tariq," Sloan says.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

"The series has perfect balance on many scores. It neither romanticises, nor vilifies rural life; it has very lively humour, but it's not flippant because it talks about a lot of very serious, pertinent issues."

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2023

"The departure of Meghan and Harry from royal ranks has been far more damaging to the monarchy than the coverage that vilifies them understands or accepts," she told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022

It drives competing narratives, ideas and values underground and vilifies all who do not speak in the national cant that replaces civil discourse and debate.

From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2022

The show, by contrast, is more blunt in its critique; it actively vilifies those who try to decide, unilaterally, how the world should pay for its sins.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 17, 2019

We have seen throughout that Knox vilifies Mary of Guise in cases where she is blameless. 

From John Knox and the Reformation by Andrew Lang

“I always felt that way and I was especially vilified for it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Sturgeon said she was still waiting for Murrell to offer an explanation for his crimes - crimes that she said have led to her being unfairly vilified, humiliated and placed under suspicion.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

My whole life, they had been vilified by my mom’s side of the family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

But the woman that people came to know on-screen as the bow-wielding renegade Katniss Everdeen — and off-screen as a goofy straight-shooter — was vilified by the media, discredited for the crime of being herself.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025

“A money manager does not go from being a near nobody to being nearly universally applauded to being nearly universally vilified without some effect.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

"The Madrid region will never contribute to the vilifying of artists and even less so to that of the most universal of all singers: Julio Iglesias," she posted on social media.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

No more cutting carbs, no more vilifying sugar.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

Asked to comment about the senators’ letter, McLaughlin said, “The vilifying of our law enforcement must stop.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

We can have a discussion about spending without vilifying Republicans.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Though the rest of the world, including his own country, was vilifying Bobby for his outrageous positions and statements, the Icelanders felt sorry for him.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady