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Noun
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Bradley is a bit of a free spirit herself.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2026 -
Nevertheless, the free spirit of Americans cannot be suppressed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Feb. 2026
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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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There’s a lone wolf and cub sort of a thing.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the Horse is not a lone wolf.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2026
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The contest drew unusual attention for a statewide down-ballot office, as Sheets positioned himself as a business-minded outsider seeking to bring new leadership to the Texas Department of Agriculture after more than a decade of Miller's leadership.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Few productions have traveled from fringe theater experiment to cult film to Broadway revival while retaining their outsider spirit the way Rocky Horror has.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jacobs launched Marc by Marc Jacobs in 2001, cementing his eventual status as a fashion mogul — and, at moments throughout his career, as a kind of enfant terrible who, as it’s shown in this documentary, has cooled down a bit, more settled and reflective in his late career.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
26 Feb. 2026
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By Peter Jon Lindberg November 20, 2018 When Obama Met Bourdain in Vietnam: Recap of 'Parts Unknown' Our favorite enfant terrible takes us around Hanoi in this season-premiere of Parts Unknown.—
Arundhati Hazra,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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Hailing from studio 20th Television Animation, the show centers on three nerdy misfit high school freshmen who are recruited for an elite secret spy school.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver, a misfit student studying at Oxford University who develops a fast obsession with his preppy classmate, Felix (Jacob Elordi).—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Feb. 2026
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The time was ripe for the individualist, the pioneer, on the inventive front of industry.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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In America, where capitalist and individualist ethics have always predominated, public health nonetheless managed to carve out a large cooperative space.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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This isn’t the first time Tecovas has taken a maverick position.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
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In 1992, Ross Perot ran as a maverick presidential candidate on one major issue, the peril of huge debts, deficits and especially interest payments that were devouring the budget and leaving less and less money for the retirees, health care and defense.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
1 Mar. 2026
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