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Recent Examples of pariahs
Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
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Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.
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Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers.
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Chuck Palahniuk,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.
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Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
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Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
Traditionally, scientists and doctors who have questioned vaccine safety, and even the benefits of vaccines, have quickly become pariahs.
—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers.
—
Chuck Palahniuk,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
This suggests that the Kinahans remain bedfellows with geopolitical pariahs.
—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariahs
Noun
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The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
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Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.
Noun
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
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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.
Noun
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The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.
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“Pariahs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariahs. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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