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clique

[kleek, klik] / klik, klɪk /


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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

Independent non-executive chair Chris Train stepped down on Friday after the report described the firm's leadership as an "unaccountable clique".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

How all this might impact #MomTok — the power of their clique to withstand the various in-fighting and drama has become a perennial concern each season — is already playing out in the headlines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

So they focus on the people, who are quite the colorful clique of keglers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Within weeks, everyone in my clique found a date to prom except me.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Multiple sources have previously told BBC Sport Chelsea have a dressing-room culture problem, specifically with cliques forming along language lines.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

But cliques within the bloc are emerging to push for change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Within this large group, cliques were formed but they often intermingled and share territory, like something from a simian Pixar film.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Based in a World War II-era housing project on 1st Street, the Rancho San Pedro gang is now divided into six cliques, including two female crews, the Malditas and the Locas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

My last day with Phil before school starts again on Monday—when we return to the respective corners of our social cliques.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

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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