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Recent Examples of pariah
This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Long ensnared in his long relationship with the now deceased Epstein, who supposedly committed suicide while in police custody in 2019, Andrew has become a public pariah to his image-conscious family since his mother’s death in 2022.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
In season two, Maxine is left a social pariah after the scandalous public breakdown that capped the first season.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
With Trump regaining the White House and titans like Larry Ellison, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos cozying up to the administration, conservatives have begun to shed their pariah status.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Long ensnared in his long relationship with the now deceased Epstein, who supposedly committed suicide while in police custody in 2019, Andrew has become a public pariah to his image-conscious family since his mother’s death in 2022.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
In season two, Maxine is left a social pariah after the scandalous public breakdown that capped the first season.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
With Trump regaining the White House and titans like Larry Ellison, Tim Cook and Jeff Bezos cozying up to the administration, conservatives have begun to shed their pariah status.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
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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Daryl hit the road this week on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, befriending a community of lepers before taking a ride on the rails, zombie apocalypse-style.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
5 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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