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Recent Examples of leper
The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Where we're not shunned as criminals or treated like lepers.
—Ryan Hampton, Time, 28 May 2025
We are reminded of the story of the Buddha and the leper.
—Rabbi Dana Magat, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.
—Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Where we're not shunned as criminals or treated like lepers.
—Ryan Hampton, Time, 28 May 2025
We are reminded of the story of the Buddha and the leper.
—Rabbi Dana Magat, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.
—Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leper
Noun
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That’s Spanish for Saint Death, a scythe-wielding skeleton folk saint popular in Latin America as a guardian of outcasts.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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The book and musical follow Delilah McPhee, who is a social outcast following her parents' divorce and a move to a new school.—
Cate Charron,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Rami Malek has incredible range and a more nuanced film charting his descent into a pariah and Cassandra figure deserved so much more.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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He’s gone from being a pariah to mainstream.—
Eli Thompson,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leper. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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