ostracized
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The actor complained that for a time, he was “relatively ostracized locally.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Her being ostracized in season 2 is a direct result of her bad decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Individuals all over the country were fired from their jobs, shunned, ostracized and run out of town for insufficient reverence for Kirk on social media.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2026
Even after all this time, my mom was still ostracized for something that happened long ago.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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