outcast
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“Thomas Jefferson was a man of the world. I’m sure he knew gay people. Sally Hemings was enslaved, so I would think she’d be more empathetic because of being an outcast and an outsider.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
In the former, she voiced the Elvis-loving Lilo who finds the solution for her outcast status in a mischievous alien.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
And so an outcast couple, immoral and ungovernable, served as the vanguard for new European settlements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
His dislike of this year’s performer, superstar Bad Bunny, makes him an outcast twice-over.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
I yearned for my mother, and at the same time I understood that she had sent me to this place where I was an outcast.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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