wallflower
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It means you are a capitalist wallflower, a laggard with a serious character flaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
And in just three minutes of exposition, Hughes and Deutch nimbly convey that Molly Ringwald’s Andie Walsh is both your conventional artsy wallflower and a singularly special young woman.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Vanderbilt, the former SEC wallflower, just posted the first 10-win season in its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
In it, Streep’s character, a fading but indomitable Hollywood actress named Madeline Ashton, is reunited with her old friend, Hawn’s wallflower novelist Helen Sharp.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2024
My father was trying to rescue me from being a long-legged wallflower and all I had done was make him mad.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
"There is that through line where the characters are strong, and have agency, and aren't exactly wallflowers," Ritter said.
From Salon ● May 17, 2023
"And, you know, we're political wallflowers," he added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2022
And then there are leeks: the wallflowers that people sometimes overlook, but who will be your best friends, down for anything once you get to know them.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
Meanwhile, feline fan Haruki Murakami may enjoy growing catnip, while Joan Didion perhaps favored wallflowers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
In every garden wallflowers blossomed in bright color and filled the air with perfume.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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