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black sheep

NOUN
disgraceful person
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Princess Diana's sweater featuring a black sheep among rows of white ones was sold for £920,000 at an auction by Sotheby's in New York in 2023.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Our family is broken beyond repair, and I remain the black sheep.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

While Magyar will only take office next month, his team has already held two rounds of talks with high-ranking EU officials as they look to bring black sheep Budapest back into the fold.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

When FTX went down, the organized crypto industry went to great lengths to paint Bankman-Fried as a black sheep.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2025

But I wondered whether I could end up the black sheep of my family.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata




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