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pariah

[puh-rahy-uh] / pəˈraɪ ə /


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Since then, presidents have largely succeeded in hunting down and eliminating these pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal

U.S. backing gave them respectability and visibility, helping some to overcome their pariah status.

From The Wall Street Journal

He’s a pariah everywhere he goes, so he doesn’t go much of anywhere.

From Los Angeles Times

Its status as an international pariah has all but erased the country from the stage of global sports.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a parent, I want the law to step in to protect children from predatory tech companies, and to relieve me of the burden of making my own children social pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal