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eight balls

noun

plural of eight ball
as in free spirits

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  1. outsiders
  2. misfits
  3. mavericks
  4. individualists
  5. deviants
  6. heretics
Noun
  • Germany’s leading indie fest has long made a specialty of outsiders and oddballs — artists who arrived without pedigree, training programs or an obvious industry slot and built the career anyway.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But high above the world, empire, rank and aspiration fall away, leaving two outsiders bound by mutual respect and trust — and for Tenzing, the fulfillment of both a lifelong dream and a spiritual calling.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of outsiders
Noun
  • Her little acts of rebellion towards her tyrannical teachers attract the admiration of three other misfits and the four girls form an inseparable group.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Drawn to a lakeside haven by a mysterious pregnant woman, a heartbroken drifter finds refuge with a group of eccentric misfits.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of misfits
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  • For Jia, who has watched generations of Chinese talents develop in a variety of ways, his hope is for these Chinese mavericks playing in America to stay.
    — Fred He, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Definition of mavericks
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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
  • Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of individualists
Noun
  • Cool people aren't merely deviants.
    — Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of deviants
Noun
  • As Democratic heretics go, Representative Dan Goldman isn’t guilty of many crimes against his party.
    — Russell Berman, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • Those who don’t cling to the faith are heretics.
    — Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Definition of heretics
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“Eight balls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eight%20balls. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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