leper
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Modified chaulmoogra oil, based on the Ball Method, was distributed worldwide and helped free countless people from isolated leper colonies.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023
To Spanish actor and nobleman José Luis de Vilallonga, Chez Régine was “a leper colony for the overprivileged.”
From Washington Post • May 2, 2022
A triumphant McKissick called Wood's supporters "a fringe, rogue group" and vowed to turn them into a "leper colony" by building parallel Republican organizations in their territory.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021
All these years later, Kuchel remains a leper to the O.C.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2021
So did the idea that I might be a leper.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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