lone ranger

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Recent Examples of lone ranger As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends. Margaret MacMillan, Foreign Affairs, 21 July 2025 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, 7 May 2024 Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger. Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024 Each bike in the lineup is powered by the same 1,203 cc V-twin that pumps out 120 hp, but the new year will see new styling and colors for the FTR Sport, as well as a few choice performance modifications to help America’s lone ranger compete against the aforementioned competition. Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022 The desperate situation usually has an alternative, if only the lone ranger would tolerate his own vulnerability and fallibility. Jordan Kisner, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2021 Kaneland pitcher Emilee Erickson, wearing a protective face mask in Friday’s Class 3A state semifinal, was no lone ranger. Rick Armstrong, Aurora Beacon-News, 9 June 2018 Hanes doesn't believe J. Edgar Hoover or the Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved, nor a group of lone rangers. Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, 4 Apr. 2018 But don’t mistake him for a lone ranger. Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 19 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone ranger
Noun
  • Henry Jaglom, the maverick auteur who crafted deeply intimate and unconventional films that explored the intricacies of relationships and the quirkiness of human behavior, has died.
    Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Jazz is an art form with an outsized share of mavericks, rebels, and creative dissidents who’ve built careers by blazing their own particular paths.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Federal authorities have long warned about potential lone wolf attackers.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Think wolf pack versus lone wolf.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The spectacular failure of aspiring enfant terrible David Hogg this week in the first test of his youth movement in an Arizona House primary would seem to point in the same direction, but look closer.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 18 July 2025
  • Blockbuster: Caravaggio 2025, Palazzo Barberini Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio—known far and wide as Caravaggio—was quite the enfant terrible.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • For decades, Ibiza has been drawing free spirits, New Age wellness seekers, and party people who keep its clubs pulsing until dawn.
    Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pamela is a self-effacing free spirit whose honesty and abandonment cast a spell on the embittered Wendall.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Lone ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone%20ranger. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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