He noticed individuals from all the different high school cliques came together at this church. (christianitytoday.com)
Just what I always wanted: desperately trying to escape high school cliques only to be thrust into mom group cliques now that I have a child. (romper.com)
Screenwriters Liz Hannah and Josh Singer (The West Wing, Spotlight) also tug at the stuff under the rug, and the personal connections that make D.C. politics such a soap opera: There's a whole high school clique of clustered social relationships behind every move, with some layers so old and petrified, they are considered assumptions — because power assumes power is too much to lose. (ex-press.com)