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gentile

[jen-tahyl] / ˈdʒɛn taɪl /


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Jesenská, a gentile, was a Czechoslovak citizen living in Vienna, and when she received Kafka’s permission to translate him into Czech the two began a passionate correspondence.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

A rabbi and a gentile who fall in love?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 28, 2024

“We reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,” he said.

From Washington Times Jul. 3, 2023

Already aware that, being the daughter of a Jewish father and gentile mother, I was myself a demi-semite, I was worried.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2023

But it was hard for me to see Charles as a gentile.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

On his TV show, he was wary of offending gentiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

Moreover, their devotion paid off materially; after converting to Catholicism in mass baptisms, Frank’s followers take on Polish names and prosper as gentiles, with several even entering the nobility.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2022

Over 7,000 of those righteous gentiles were in Poland, more than in any other country.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2022

A final example of how Roth's white gentiles talk about Blacks can be found in the autofictional novel "Deception."

From Salon Feb. 7, 2021

I understood now: I could stand with my family, or with the gentiles, on the one side or the other, but there was no foothold in between.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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