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

Once he wrote an article about getting dating advice from a charming leper in order to explore “alienation, rejection and isolation” after Gutfeld had gone through the breakup of a long relationship.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 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

“Miss Maggie thinks I just want to be from somewhere, anywhere, even a leper colony. But it’s not that.”

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk