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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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Considered a political outcast following his loss in 2020 and an attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol, Trump was elected to another term in a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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That is, until the 15-year-old social outcast and failing student falls in love with a lovely, but lonely first-grade teacher twice his age (played by Olivia Williams), who also happens to be the object of wealthy industrialist Herman Blume’s affection.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 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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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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