pariah
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Min Aung Hlaing has been a pariah in many capitals abroad since his putsch unleashed a civil war, but Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim invited him for talks about returning 5,000 Myanmar migrants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Melodramatic and hyper-distracted, Lilypad insists that Bonnie will remain a pariah unless she wins over her peers’ snotty group chat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Simpson was acquitted, but he never regained the public’s affection or goodwill, and will forever be remembered as a pariah who perhaps got away with literal murder.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s why the Chicago Black Sox are synonymous with scandal and Pete Rose became a pariah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
I feel like a pariah when I walk through the streets.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Myanmar's post-coup leaders have been considered pariahs by many nations abroad.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Those who had left the Tour were subject to hefty fines, a lengthy suspension and being generally viewed as pariahs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2025
“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024
John Early, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, arrived at Carville in 1918, when patients were treated as prisoners and pariahs rather than people who needed medical care.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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