as in free spirit
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eight ball
Noun
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Always seeking fun and new experiences, Phil’s a free spirit at heart.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025 -
That care-free spirit, as the film illustrates, hardly existed in a vacuum, emerging in part as a defiant response to darkening times.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2024
Noun
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This team should be a part of the programmatic and executive teams rather than being a lone wolf.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Host Blake Burman asked him about political outsider ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, who has thrown around the idea of running in the 2028 election.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
1 May 2025
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Analysts say there's a pattern of both countries escalating and waiting for outsiders to diffuse the situation.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Hence, grown-up Chris is a nomadic misfit with two talents: sharpshooting and solving quadratic equations.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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Now there’s another beautiful misfit, and it’s called the Renault 5 Turbo 3E. As the name suggests, this is the third generation of 5 Turbo and the E stands for electric.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Immigration has surged, and the United States has entered an individualist, conservative epoch.—
Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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No other nation has more outstanding individualists.—
Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Tony Award nominations, announced Thursday morning in New York, reflect the split-screen reality of a Broadway season divided by mavericks and mega-stars.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
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Art Dubai is somewhat of a maverick within this market.—
Grace Banks,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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