as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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Recent Examples of lone wolf
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
In the Jon Watts film, out today in a limited theatrical run and hitting Apple TV+ on Sept. 27, Clooney and Pitt play professional fixers who operate only as lone wolves.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
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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
In the Jon Watts film, out today in a limited theatrical run and hitting Apple TV+ on Sept. 27, Clooney and Pitt play professional fixers who operate only as lone wolves.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone wolf
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To be sure, there’s no need to cross the line and be complicit in any antisocial, unethical, or destructive behaviors.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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But even some Democrats acknowledged that rising public concerns about crime and antisocial behavior provide a backdrop to the case that may contribute to more lenient views of Penny’s actions.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Dec. 2024
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He is paired with Barbara Havers (Sofia Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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He is paired with Barbara Havers (Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 16 Oct. 2024
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The markers flanked a section of U.S. Route 1 still named at the time for Jefferson Davis, the lone president of the Confederate States of America.Brendan Fitzgerald, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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What To Know Fetterman has been a lone Democrat by voicing his support for some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominations.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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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, TIME, 7 May 2024
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
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In the backdrop to her work, the actress had a reputation as a free spirit, who raised her only son Luca Magnani on her own, having split from his actor father prior to his birth in 1942.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2024
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Trending Stories Culkin’s Zen-stoner take on a free spirit that’s also a broken spirit — an accidentally spilled bit of information hints at a backstory that suggests the film’s title is earned — would be enough to recommend this.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.Nick CanepaColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
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For over a decade, Grimes delighted the public with hilariously dilettante and enfant terrible press bits.Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone%20wolf. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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