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pariah

[puh-rahy-uh] / pəˈraɪ ə /


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Ed Henry KC, representing Y, said the boy had been made a "pariah" as a result of the public being misled by reporting of the case because of an inaccurate press release from the CPS.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Melodramatic and hyper-distracted, Lilypad insists that Bonnie will remain a pariah unless she wins over her peers’ snotty group chat.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Simpson was acquitted, but he never regained the public’s affection or goodwill, and will forever be remembered as a pariah who perhaps got away with literal murder.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Addis has been looking to its neighbor and on-again, off-again enemy, Eritrea, a small pariah state to the east with a relatively long Red Sea coastline.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

He read about the history of the Korean Peninsula, the reputation of the Kim family dictatorship, and his country’s status as an international pariah.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

Since then, presidents have largely succeeded in hunting down and eliminating these pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

"Eventually, whole social classes, including many Roma people, could become pariahs in this country with nowhere to go," Kadet warned.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties.

From Slate Jan. 27, 2025

“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2024

John Early, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, arrived at Carville in 1918, when patients were treated as prisoners and pariahs rather than people who needed medical care.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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