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Recent Examples of loon Scientists say loon numbers are declining in the Midwest. Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 Grebes have been on Earth likely as long as loons have. Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025 Other than a new playground and loon sculpture, the surrounding lots have been mostly empty since then. Kyle Stokes, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025 United Village will formally dedicate the loon sculpture on Thursday. Kyle Stokes, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for loon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loon
Noun
  • American eccentrics like Walters long have provided material for satirists across the pond.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
  • There are dozens upon dozens of memorable eccentrics, delusional antiheroes, blustery authority figures, sad sacks, screw-ups and all-too-lovable schmucks that populate the 12 feature films and handful of shorts directed by Wes Anderson.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Early on, he was often cast in Latino character roles on shows like HBO’s The Wire and Fox’s Gang Related.
    Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • But to see it in a character so young is sort of heartbreaking.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to your doctor, not kooks like Bobby Kennedy and Dave Weldon.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.
    Drew Broussard May 22, Literary Hub, 22 May 2025
  • Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.
    Caroline Downey, National Review, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • You could also get lost attempting to read the splintered English and Hebrew letters running atop a stage festooned with wacko props and occult imagery.
    Andrew Lampert, Artforum, 1 May 2025
  • Now, watch: Trump will choose some wacko to be his vice presidential running mate, and all my plans will go up and smoke.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Bits of bacon, mini hot-pockets, nutter butters and doritos.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Its founder was not a member of Congress but Paul Weyrich, a hard-right nutter with theocratic leanings with a fair claim to being the Johnny Appleseed of the New Right, having also co-founded the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Although My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette dans les Cévennes) was made in 2020, before Libs of TikTok exposed school-teacher lunacy, writer-director Caroline Vignal proves prescient about the eccentricity that goes deeper than the profession’s nutcase radicalism.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 July 2022
  • Ma Seok-do (Ma) is still with the Geumcheon Police Major Crimes Unit, arriving to help his fellow officers deal with a knife-wielding nutcase who’s taken hostages at a corner store.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 3 June 2022
Noun
  • But this time, his front-right tire was slow to come off, seemingly as the wheel gun did not connect with the wheel nut on the first attempt.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Botanically the fruit is a drupe, not a nut.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2025

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“Loon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loon. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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