oddballs
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When it finally reopens, a team of oddballs goes through to retrieve the prince.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Samira finds a true community among the other neighborhood oddballs, which is true to Palmer’s experience of growing up in Robbins, Ill., outside of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
Change-inducing nonconformists are out there on the edge of progress, pushing that boulder up the hill, sweating and usually being called oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
They wind up getting cast, under strained dramatic circumstances, in the school musical, and a romance of sensitive oddballs blossoms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2025
Geeks, nerds, and oddballs have the right to attend school in safety.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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