as in free spirit
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Elliott says her free spirit stems from growing up with an artist as a dad who didn’t really enforce a strict schedule.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
9 Dec. 2025 -
Stop playing small with your gifts and allow your free spirit to lead.—
Tatianna Tarot,
Refinery29,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
Noun
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Caleb, a perpetual lone wolf, is none too happy to be at the Academy.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2026
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Jack is the selfish lone wolf who becomes part of a team in order to defeat Brass Body, a destructive force whose flesh can transform into metal (played by Dave Bautista).—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2025
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Yet no matter how popular and mainstream Tyler becomes, his fans have maintained their outsider spirit.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Maybe an outsider would call it poetic.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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In addition, the event’s most unusual offering, the 220-pound, 18-karat gold toilet by the conceptual artist and enfant terrible Maurizio Cattelan, only drew a single bid.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
19 Nov. 2025
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Taken together with Scorsese’s own unvarnished self-assessment, these conversations transcend Behind the Music clichés to create a portrait of the artist as a man whose path from brash enfant terrible to beloved eminence was paved with introspection.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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His street interview research breathes life into a believable menagerie of misfit kids.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
26 Jan. 2026
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But the Nuggets remain a title contender, winning six of nine games in Nikola Jokic’s absence while featuring lineups from the island of misfit toys.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
15 Jan. 2026
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Olive Nwosu‘s lively, humid debut feature zeroes in on a determined individualist in a city of over 17 million.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Poppy’s clearly a type four, that was the individualist.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
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Bamberger, often regarded as a maverick, proved that degraded land could be revived.—
Lana Ferguson,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Hancock himself changed the genre forever through his maverick forays into jazz fusion in the 1970s.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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