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Recent Examples of leperWinning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.—airmail.news, 3 Oct. 2024 But one thing’s for sure—there were some among them who chose to become lepers.—Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024 Ana Navarro slams 'social leper and criminal' Diddy in passionate defense of Cassie on The View
Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024 Santa Cruz resident Rus Scott traveled to Crete in June for adventures that included a day trip from the coastal city of Agios Nikolaos, pictured, to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which was once a leper colony.—Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for leper
Wednesday is the most outcast of them all, heeding no rules but her own.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Without possessing shiny superpowers, the outcasts that make up the Thunderbolts are forced to face their realities without the chasing fandoms and public support.
The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.
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Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.
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Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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