clique
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Mr. de la Espriella isn’t part of that clique.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
In one of the report's strongest criticisms, the committee said: "A company described by its leadership as having a 'family feel' is perhaps better described 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
Miller was popular in the sense that she was part of a clique and had social status, but her former classmates said that popularity shouldn’t be confused with being well liked.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2025
Mpandhlani and his clique, though while the compound was in operation never went hungry, fell on hard times when it was suddenly closed down, and the clique broke up.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
But cliques within the bloc are emerging to push for change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
In the brutal terrain of female cliques, beauty remains a potent, if unreliable, weapon — one which Amos, her grin a glistening pink, wryly acknowledges and critiques.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 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
Our best leaders have helped deliver the progress so far, but all leaders will need to do more as we eradicate the embedded cliques and networks left behind as we clear out the volume.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025
I didn’t know anyone well enough to sit with them, and lunchtime was a loud mess of cliques and conflicts.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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 Cooke, George Willis
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