clique
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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
His clique at OpenAI became known as “the pandas.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Our clique comes storming down the mall food court in that classic slow-motion strut, letting us know right away what we’re in for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Miller was popular in the sense that she was part of a clique and had social status, but her former classmates said that popularity shouldn’t be confused with being well liked.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
I didn’t want to lose Audrey to a clique of girls I didn’t know.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
Several male chimps who had bridged cliques within the larger group died from disease, weakening social ties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Most didn’t stay in one place for long but instead formed temporary cliques based on the games they played.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 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
“Unlike high school cliques, in the political world, you didn’t have to be pretty, athletic, funny, or cool,” Stout recounted in her Substack.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2025
He was surprised to find the report put to use by opposing cliques as evidence that the fair could not possibly be placed in Jackson Park.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
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