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He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
New attacks by lone wolf actors and nascent criminal groups have emerged following the collapse of ALPHV/BlackCat and Lockbit, according to Coveware.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Cain is Ian’s brother and is responding to a plea for help from Homestead, but his lone wolf persona clashes with the group’s living life by committee rule.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
The left had dismissed the concept of the lone wolf in the hopes of advocating for gun-control laws, so the right was free to gleefully perform the role liberals had written for themselves.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
New attacks by lone wolf actors and nascent criminal groups have emerged following the collapse of ALPHV/BlackCat and Lockbit, according to Coveware.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
Cain is Ian’s brother and is responding to a plea for help from Homestead, but his lone wolf persona clashes with the group’s living life by committee rule.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
The left had dismissed the concept of the lone wolf in the hopes of advocating for gun-control laws, so the right was free to gleefully perform the role liberals had written for themselves.
—Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone%20wolf. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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