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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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Despite the newfound enthusiasm around drugs like psilocybin, MDMA, and even high-octane, super-psychedelic compounds like 5-MEO-DMT, LSD remains something of an outcast.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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Mary Magdalene, as the patron saint of outcasts, seemed to draw them in, welcoming skeptics like me to make room in our minds for more complex possibilities.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That’s your idea of escaping a leper’s life?—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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Not to die having lived my last days as a leper.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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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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.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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