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The “Mormon Wives,” a group of women associated with the social media clique known as #MomTok, never neatly fit the internet’s definition of tradwives, either.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Another ally says: "He means it when he wants a different approach in the party – he doesn't want a narrow clique."

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“It makes it difficult to simply turn over the regime, because the regime is not just an individual, not just a clique of military officers,” Ostovar said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Set in a Dallas shopping mall, “Forbidden Fruits” revolves around an elite clique of retail employees who run a witches’ coven out of the basement of their boho boutique Free Eden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

We kind of have our own little clique now.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

Some faculty worried Greek life would fuel a party culture and cliques.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Within this large group, cliques were formed but they often intermingled and share territory, like something from a simian Pixar film.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

In this milieu, Hollywood A-listers like Will Ferrell and Sharon Stone, who occupy separate cliques nearby, pale in comparison to the mingling artistic luminaries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

"Much more needs to be done to tackle the individuals and cliques whose appalling behaviour continues to let down their colleagues and Londoners," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025

Kids would break off and cluster into their cliques and groups.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

So the thing about Elon Musk is that he’s cliqued up — specifically with the so-called PayPal Mafia.

From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2022

The Frenchmen are cliqued against him, for Vieuxtemps has arrived, and they mean to maintain his superiority.

From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by George Willis Cooke