clique
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New ideas were flowing from conversations with members of his Book Club, the clique of senior figures in business and politics bonding over the short novels they had time to read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
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
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
But the standout character is "queen bee" Regina, head of the Plastics clique and the meanest of the mean girls.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Sometimes wording is maddeningly opaque without being composed of technical terminology from a private clique.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Some faculty worried Greek life would fuel a party culture and cliques.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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
Most didn’t stay in one place for long but instead formed temporary cliques based on the games they played.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2026
Former captain Steven Gerrard's recent observation that they were simply "egotistical losers" also plays into the club cliques argument that has come to the fore since many retired as players.
From BBC ● 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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