lone wolf
Example Sentences
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"We feel like we're as safe as we can possibly be. But we can't control, you know, the lone wolf," Mullin told "Fox and Friends" on Thursday, hours before the nearly six-week tournament opened.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
"They seem to think he was a lone wolf, and I feel that too," the president said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
"Taking all of these acts of violence and just saying… it's a private grievance or it's a lone wolf or it's someone who's mentally ill is ignoring the problem," Dr Shannon Zimmerman told the BBC.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
"Then about the age of 13, we implicitly and explicitly tell a lot of young men that's not cool. You should be a lone wolf, should be able to stand in your own."
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2023
I'm as much of a lone wolf or a misfit or a weirdo as anyone.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
