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Recent Examples of pariah
In season two, Maxine is left a social pariah after the scandalous public breakdown that capped the first season.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
With Trump regaining the White House and titans like Larry Ellison, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos cozying up to the administration, conservatives have begun to shed their pariah status.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's only Jewish state is increasingly seen as an international pariah because of the scale of Palestinian deaths in Gaza.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1990s, South Africa faced a strong boycott movement that, little by little, turned it into a pariah.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
With Trump regaining the White House and titans like Larry Ellison, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos cozying up to the administration, conservatives have begun to shed their pariah status.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the world's only Jewish state is increasingly seen as an international pariah because of the scale of Palestinian deaths in Gaza.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Between the 1950s and 1990s, South Africa faced a strong boycott movement that, little by little, turned it into a pariah.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
Noun
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Unfortunate outcast kids Lilly (Clara Stack), Ronnie (Amanda Christine), Phil (Jack Molloy Legault) and Terry (Mikkal Karim Fidler) are at the center of the mysterious disappearances and the supernatural horrors, to their very poor luck and dismay of the adults in their lives.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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This film is truly the stuff of teen-outcast nightmares.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Daryl hit the road this week on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, befriending a community of lepers before taking a ride on the rails, zombie apocalypse-style.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the saying goes, nobody wants to sit at the reject table.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Chartering a speedboat, we were whisked into the bay, a spellbinding expanse of calm, amniotic water dotted with more than 50 tiny islands and pristine beaches that called to mind castaway fantasies.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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Other castaways were Survivor 44 star Maddy Pomilla; Survivor 45 stars Brandon Donlon, Brando Meyer, Julie Alley, Jake O’Kane, Kaleb Gebrewold, Kendra McQuarrie and Emily Flippen; Survivor 47 star Teeny Chirichillo; and Survivor 48 star Stephanie Berger.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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