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Noun
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An idea could be forming despite unbelievers.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Mar. 2026 -
Peppering dashes of humor into its brew of foreboding, the movie views the rise of an authoritarian movement through its effect on a family of unbelievers, covering a five-year period that begins in celebration and ends somewhere very different.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sunni imams issued fatwas, legal condemnations by Islamic religious leaders, against us infidels.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Mar. 2026
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Al Qaeda and Islamic State generally view Shiites as infidels and consider Iran a mortal enemy.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The establishment clause is meant to protect everyone, including, by the way, nonbelievers and atheists.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2026
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The military will now use 31 religious affiliations, down from more than 200, which included many small Protestant denominations as well as identifications for Wiccans, atheists and agnostics.—
Tiffany Stanley,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The establishment clause is meant to protect everyone, including, by the way, nonbelievers and atheists.—
John E. Jones III,
The Conversation,
15 Apr. 2026
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When Hegseth tries to don the armor of a warrior priest, the result is a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Posters on the platform often used the term in anti-Semitic ways, such as in the terms goyslop (unhealthy foods that these conspiracy theorists believed were a Jewish plot to hinder gentiles) and goycattle (the unthinking masses who are constantly being manipulated by Jewish people).—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The basic original recipe for latkes—grated potatoes formed into small cakes and fried—was similar to ones popular at the time among gentiles in Eastern Europe during the Christmas season.—
Joan Nathan,
Saveur,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Why would pagans want a coin with a Christian on it?—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
8 Apr. 2026
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The pagans believed eggs symbolized fertility and birth.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If anything, Congress has not been tough enough with miscreants over the years.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The first of these—a cult favorite among writers, particularly youngish women writers—put Lemann on the map as a singular stylist, capable of crystalline insights into the miscreants and oddballs of the American South and great bursts of unrestrained sentiment.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Though the mean girls and race idolaters don’t like it, Caitlin Clark is more valuable to her respective sport than any other American athlete is to theirs.—
Bobby Burack OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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An angel then killed 185,000 Assyrian idolaters.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Giaours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giaours. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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