quixotes

plural of quixote

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Noun
  • Just one or two nuts can cover your daily needs.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Spoon any topping and nuts in pan onto loaf.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Thinkers, surveyors, and religious mavericks, the House of Pynchon had settled into middle-class respectability by the time this Thomas Ruggles Pynchon was born.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In a skillet or in the oven, the beans simmer in a tangy tomato sauce doused in rich olive oil, with oregano, garlic, and red pepper flakes shining through.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Finish with a sprinkle of cheese, fresh herbs and crushed red pepper flakes.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Finke noted ShowShowtime has launched around 30 originals since launch in September 2022.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Tribute is one of SkyShowtime’s growing slate of Spanish originals, which include true-crime documentary series A Recipe for Murder, the psychological thriller Shades (Matices), and the upcoming series Nails and Road to Arcadia.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For Mimi Pond, the desire to do a book about the Mitford sisters – six larger-than-life British eccentrics (and one brother) who created a stir in both British and American culture – was obvious.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For decades, sovereign citizens largely flew under the radar in Australia as relatively harmless eccentrics with a special interest in conspiracy theories.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Will these two oddballs, thrust together by a dental emergency on a night that commends peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, maintain a friendship?
    Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Oliver, Steve Martin’s Charles, and Selena Gomez’s Mabel work the case while navigating the usual constellation of oddballs that orbit them.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But most Diavel enthusiasts are moto weirdos who like their bikes to be one of a kind and fast as hell.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2025
  • For all you macabre-loving weirdos, HorrorHound Weekend is a great opportunity to meet other fans and industry professionals, participate in costume contests, get an autograph from a celebrity slasher and more.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Then there's the Trickstuff Maxima four-piston front and rear brakes, I9 Hydra 2 hubs and Cane Creek printed titanium cranks.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For Southern rock, the Allman Brothers Band’s Live at Fillmore East or Lynyrd Skynyrd’s One More from the Road were must-cranks.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Quixotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quixotes. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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