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Recent Examples of pariah
Not that the townspeople, who treat him like some sort of true pariah, are much better.
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Some will move cynically, making the calculation that accommodation with the Palestinian population is preferable to being a permanent international pariah.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Being seen as open to a Palestinian state would help Israel avoid pariah status around the world, a reality that is gaining momentum as a reaction to Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
Some will move cynically, making the calculation that accommodation with the Palestinian population is preferable to being a permanent international pariah.
—Jack Sheehan
september 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Being seen as open to a Palestinian state would help Israel avoid pariah status around the world, a reality that is gaining momentum as a reaction to Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
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The 2000 coming-of-age comedy starred Patrick Fugit as a high school outcast in 1973 who gets chosen to write a Rolling Stone profile for an up-and-coming rock band called Stillwater.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
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When the development quickly becomes public, Mary becomes an outcast, even being asked, only reasonably politely, to leave a societal affair before royalty arrives.—
Mark Meszoros,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 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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These new Survivor castaways are jazzed beyond belief, and who wouldn’t be?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Petty received a number of congratulatory messages in her comments, including from a few other Survivor castaways.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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