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The solicitor added: "The families have now been vindicated but only after years of being denigrated and dismissed by the health board."
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
Caesar denigrated situation comedies as soap operas with laughs added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Kennedy, who has denigrated vaccines over the years, did not elaborate on the rationale for altering the recommendation for pregnant women in the 58-second video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
The very traditional rap song takes the listener through a list of people who have wronged and denigrated the rapper's name.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2024
“She traded me in for a better man,” he would say to Mammachi, and she would flinch as though he had denigrated her instead of himself.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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