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By 1996, Richard Horton, then the editor of the Lancet, the British medical journal, could marvel: “He is now perhaps the most vilified scientist alive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Often, he is ridiculed, vilified and told he is no longer welcome.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

But the woman that people came to know on-screen as the bow-wielding renegade Katniss Everdeen — and off-screen as a goofy straight-shooter — was vilified by the media, discredited for the crime of being herself.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

In a Facebook post over the weekend, the minister said he has been "vilified by those who have sought to call into question my character and commitment to the people of Northern Ireland".

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

She had seen her mentor Howard Fuller vilified.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson