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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stevens has been vilified by his opponents in the press.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Governments interested in publicity and propaganda have published much under the impulse of the urge to justify themselves and vilify their opponents.
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He was never vilified in the press as Robson was.
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Labour, vilified as likely to spoil the Tory prosperity, remained a weak and uninspiring political force.
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Many welfare opponents vilify recipients as lazy and immoral cheats and con artists.
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The problem is to address this kind of thing without vilifying one group and making martyrs of another.