Examples of gooner in a Sentence
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But to many gooners, that’s the appeal.
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Jennifer Pollitt, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
Protect gooner guy at all costs!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Kolitz’s ethnography, crucially, does not portray gooners as some freakishly niche cohort operating at the outer edges of society.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The gooner may well be your friend, family member, or neighbor.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Jennifer Pollitt, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026
Protect gooner guy at all costs!
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Kolitz’s ethnography, crucially, does not portray gooners as some freakishly niche cohort operating at the outer edges of society.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
The gooner may well be your friend, family member, or neighbor.
—Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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“Gooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gooner. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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