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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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After the fall of Saul, the once-mighty King of Israel, the prophet Samuel is directed by God to anoint teen outcast David as the new king.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
14 Mar. 2025
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Those capricious moves and bold reversals have fueled the anxiety in the diplomatic corps here in Washington even as allies and outcasts alike are trying to make sense of the moment.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
11 Mar. 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
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Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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“Leper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leper. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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