as in free spirit
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Noun
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But art must be an expression of man’s free spirit.—
Jessica George,
JSTOR Daily,
27 May 2026 -
Redford played a conservative lawyer who marries Fonda, a free spirit.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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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This was a lone wolf, in my opinion.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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There’s a lone wolf fighting for his survival on his own.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Weiss has tapped outsiders to do so.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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For her, the aftermath of that victory brought heightened anxiety, and searing criticism from outsiders when the Swedish professional’s play took a dip.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Javier Bardem is terrific as a former enfant terrible filmmaker who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter by putting her in his new movie in The Beloved, which eschews the easy sentimental beats but also ends up short on many satisfying ones.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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Here is a director who gets off on being an enfant terrible even at 55 years old.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Yet as the season progresses, Lestat reunites with his hot undead mom (an icy Jennifer Ehle), and his origins as an aristocratic misfit in 18th century France come into focus, the new episodes feel increasingly in sync with Interview.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
2 June 2026
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But, importantly, McCullers was a young misfit, and publishing has always loved nothing better than a wunderkind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Once Into the Wild hit shelves, McCandless' individualist intrigue became a phenomenon that may never have happened if Krakauer hadn't brought the story to the masses.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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The forty-niners are elemental to our identity as a nation of brave, rugged individualists.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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That’s what being a maverick is about.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
2 June 2026
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Andrew Yang enjoys being a maverick.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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