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Recent Examples of leperWhere we're not shunned as criminals or treated like lepers.—Ryan Hampton, Time, 28 May 2025 In this story, Buddha reaches out to the homeless leper teaching us that true compassion transcends fear and stigma.—Rabbi Dana Magat, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025 That’s your idea of escaping a leper’s life?—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024 Its history is complicated, having served as a leper colony for a hundred years.—Juliana Shallcross, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for leper
When the development quickly becomes public, Mary becomes an outcast, even being asked, only reasonably politely, to leave a societal affair before royalty arrives.
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Mark Meszoros,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Sam’s science fiction action adventure spotlights life on the margins if also on the fringes of deep space, its two main characters a pair of well-meaning outcasts outrunning the law.
Fantastic Four is a close second, sure, but Florence Pugh leading a group of depressed villain castaways was the film that really felt like more of a return to form for the MCU.
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Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
30 Aug. 2025
The spot is owned by Julie Fairweather, the mother of season 49 contestant Shannon Fairweather, and fan-favorite six-time castaway Boston Rob bartended there before going on the CBS show.
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