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Even as Paz was disparaging her in the 1950s, some Mexican women rose to defend her, but their protestations didn’t resonate in what was, until relatively recently, a macho-dominated society.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

My audience didn’t get it and thought I was disparaging the president.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

It was far from consistent when defining what was disparaging, immoral, or scandalous, with individual examining attorneys importing their own personal mores into the examination process.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2024

Hours after quitting ISIS, he was disparaging the group he had persuaded others to join.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Whereat Minnie assumed a slightly molified air, and observed that now he was disparaging himself—a piece of humility which he altogether repudiated.

From Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission by Burden, E.R.