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He repeatedly has maligned witnesses and suggested bias on the jury — all despite a judge’s gag order meant to bar him from verbal tirades against key players in the case.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

Yet, some progress has been made on an issue that advocates say has maligned MSM for decades, diminishing a policy that wasn't rooted solely in science.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2023

He has maligned the press as a den of liars and fabulists.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2019

I suspect Rosalind Franklin and the various groups Watson has maligned over the years would beg to differ.

From The Verge • Dec. 9, 2014

He has maligned you, misrepresented you, threatened you, even called you a Grand Old Spider.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 27, 1890 by Various