pariahs
Example Sentences
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Typically, those sanctions aim to cut off targets from the U.S. financial system, turning them into economic pariahs and threatening companies that dare to trade with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Myanmar's post-coup leaders have been considered pariahs by many nations abroad.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2025
“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.
From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2024
John Early, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, arrived at Carville in 1918, when patients were treated as prisoners and pariahs rather than people who needed medical care.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
