as in slander
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backbiting
Noun
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And so instead of going quietly, the Andersons decided to sue to get back in, claiming breach of contract and slander.—
Justine Harman,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025 -
In 2024, the Court of Cassation ordered a retrial on the slander charges, during which she was found guilty.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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That brings us to the other calumnies Vance and Trump have directed at the Haitians in Springfield.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Sep. 2024
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Sifton and Stern conclude their book with a look at how even after the Nazis’ defeat, the Bonhoeffer and Dohnanyi families faced public and official calumny for being relatives of traitors.—
Peter Hoffmann,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2014
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Baldoni has denied the allegations against him and filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, accusing them of civil extortion and defamation.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Weeks later, Baldoni filed a $400 million lawsuit against Lively, Reynolds and publicist Leslie Sloane, accusing the trio of civil extortion and defamation.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Freedman has suggested that Gottlieb was responsible, at least in part, for the bombshell New York Times article regarding Lively’s accusations against Baldoni, who is currently suing the publication for libel and false light invasion of privacy.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2025
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Baldoni is suing Lively, Reynolds, and their PR rep for defamation and extortion, as well as the NYT for libel.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Why is the American state so susceptible to vilification?—
Jon D. Michaels,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
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The continued vilification of immigrants only serves to harm American families, communities, and our economy.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Any aspersions for the prevalence of fake Louis Vuitton should be cast on Canal Street in New York, not in France.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even as China’s coercive capabilities and threatening behavior have rightly focused U.S. attention on the risks to American interests, the absence of clear metrics for success leaves the door open for partisan aspersions of the Biden administration’s approach.—
Jessica Chen Weiss,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2024
Noun
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The main detraction with these was a less comfortable fit.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
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Many smart investors, among them, several of my colleagues, cannot warm up to these stocks because of such obvious detractions as the lack of new products, patent expirations, and price controls.—
Karen Firestone,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2024
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“Backbiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backbiting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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