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cliquey

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Ski retreats can be cliquey affairs, says Robyn Rogers, a former logistics engineer for a government contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Husslup is one of several companies trying to cure the entertainment industry of its cliquey hiring habits.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2022

“They’re less faithful to brands and less cliquey about them.”

From New York Times Jul. 13, 2021

I wouldn’t keep a kid at a school with a group of parents that was cliquey, but that has to do with my personal priorities.

From Slate May 28, 2020

She was utterly unprepared for her first pep rally, for all those fanatical cheers, all those arms pumping so frantically up and down, and she found the girls cliquey and obsessed with appearance.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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