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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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The song describes Ziggy as the confluence of the leper—the great biblical outcast—and the Messiah.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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The outcast must guess their fate.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Together, the deals would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, when Cairo was part of the embargo of Qatar and the former Syrian regime was a pariah.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Islamic Republic has made Iran a pariah and deprived its people — and for what?—
The Wall Street Journal,
Twin Cities,
6 Jan. 2026
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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The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Both she and her ally, Velovic, were named as the final two castaways among the returning 24 stars.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leper. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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