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Recent Examples of pariah
The Real Deal, a real estate trade publication, first reported on those suits in June, and Oren and Tal quickly tumbled from their perch and became pariahs.
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Debra Kamin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
In the hours that followed, the president also repeatedly spoke favorably of Putin -- challenging the global pariah status the previous administration sought to brand him with.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2025
For a decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the West’s pariah after first annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then launching a full-scale invasion of the country.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Enduring it required the understanding that the Astros had morphed into a major-league pariah despite anything said by players or staff.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Debra Kamin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
In the hours that followed, the president also repeatedly spoke favorably of Putin -- challenging the global pariah status the previous administration sought to brand him with.
—Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 14 Feb. 2025
For a decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been the West’s pariah after first annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and then launching a full-scale invasion of the country.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
Enduring it required the understanding that the Astros had morphed into a major-league pariah despite anything said by players or staff.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
Noun
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Maybe Happy Ending is the offbeat and captivating story of Oliver and Claire, two outcasts near the end of their warranty who discover that even robots can be swept off their feet.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
24 July 2025
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The likelihood that Canada would ship gas to other markets increased when Russia invaded Ukraine and made Moscow a global trade outcast, said Prof. Kent Fellows, an energy economist at the University of Calgary.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 July 2025
Noun
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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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Where we're not shunned as criminals or treated like lepers.—
Ryan Hampton,
Time,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Dickinson gives us nonjudgmental access to the day-to-day existence of one among any number of unhoused addicts, while Dillane presents Mike with all the prickly edges of a societal reject.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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