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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Religious leaders say the novel defames Islam.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A public apology defames the author of the article apologised for by suggesting that the author has written carelessly.
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California employers already can be held responsible for defaming a departing worker with a negative reference.
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Disseminating for the purpose of undermining or weakening the Soviet regime slanderous fabrications which defame the Soviet state and social system.
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Last year, a jury ruled that the Goughs did not defame the Conrads.
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Of course, teachers can also sue individuals who defame them.
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Other Defences Consent People can - and often do for large sums of money - agree to be defamed.
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They had been successfully denied, defamed and ridiculed.