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The sisters run a home for children and have helped organize an impoverished settlement of lepers.
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
Spinalonga Island's beauty is juxtaposed with its history as a leper colony.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2023
An especially disturbing scene occurs when the women visit a leper colony several miles outside of Saigon and see the patients there, some with missing body parts.
—Diane Scharper, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2017
Presented to Hawaiian opera singer Tandy MacKenzie in 1922, it’s inscribed from the members of the Molokai leper colony, for whom the world-famous tenor had agreed to sing, in defiance of societal norms.
—Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 18 June 2024
Spinalonga Island's beauty is juxtaposed with its history as a leper colony.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2023
An especially disturbing scene occurs when the women visit a leper colony several miles outside of Saigon and see the patients there, some with missing body parts.
—Diane Scharper, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leper
Noun
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Take a social outcast protagonist, surround her with an ensemble cast, add in an Ed Sheeran lookalike and unusual camera and edit work, throw it all into a genre blender, and top it off with a homage to the tradition of spaghetti in film.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Concerned that six-year-old Frank would feel like an outcast in overwhelmingly white Luxembourg, Perle finessed the paperwork on behalf of Army lieutenant colonel Bert Cumby and his wife.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.—
Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser,
Anchorage Daily News,
8 Feb. 2023
Noun
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But fans of the show's illustrious rejects — would-be cast members who auditioned but didn't get invited to join the cast — could make an argument their team has had just as much success, maybe more.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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His growth throughout the series is kind of the whole point of the show, from the social reject of the village to one of its most reliable and trustworthy warriors, beloved by all.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leper. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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