libel
Example Sentences
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Patel’s defamation suit accuses The Atlantic of “actual malice,” a legal test that needs to be met for public officials to successfully prove they’ve been libeled.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
“Governor Bryant believes he has been libeled by Mississippi Today,” wrote Denton Gibbes, a Bryant spokesperson, in an email.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Former engineer says Tesla forced her out and then libeled her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
The next day, the jury delivered its verdict, also rejecting Ms. Palin’s claim that The Times had libeled her in a 2017 editorial that erroneously linked her political rhetoric to a mass shooting.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
It was libeled against him that he had magnetic power over all with whom he came in contact, bending them to his will by the sheer dominance of his presence.
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane
