eccentric
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In 1963, I saw surreal artist Salvador Dali on “The Tonight Show” and realized that looking eccentric was cool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He presented as an eccentric neighbor who’d chosen a peaceful, off-grid lifestyle.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
In the process, Wilson meets other eccentric characters that share his passion of filmmaking but have their own interests, like clearing gum from a sidewalk, immortalizing a person’s tattoo after they’re dead, and music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Its orbit would have been about four times more eccentric than that of Jupiter's moon Europa, whose icy shell is heavily fractured by the continual gravitational stretching and squeezing it experiences.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Different hypotheses might produce the same result: for example an eccentric circle will generate exactly the same movement as an epicycle upon a deferent.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Playing versions of the Chaplins, the Holbrooke sisters share shades of classic Herzog characters while being quite unlike any of the eccentrics he’s brought to life before.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
His childhood was surrounded by visionaries and eccentrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
After that, it was hard to shake the “problem actor” label, especially given the hair-trigger eccentrics he was manifesting so convincingly on film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
In an era of plangent indie rock, they were the studied, intricate eccentrics.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2024
A small cadre of racetrack eccentrics gathered around him.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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