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A statement from the vice-president's office said the decision had been taken in the wake of the widely circulated videos which had "denigrated the image of the country".

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

“Local official” was some prime denigration, and Buttigieg responded by saying that Klobuchar had denigrated him earlier, too, but he had let it pass because he felt there were “bigger fish to fry.”

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

Josh Allen, who Ramsey had denigrated in the offseason, subsequently totaled 259 yards and two touchdowns, with no turnovers.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2018

Mallya was responding to recent media reports that suggested Ecclestone, 84, had denigrated the sport in comments to reporters.

From Reuters • Jul. 3, 2015

“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