kook
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They called her a kook and a mystic.
From Slate ● May 10, 2024
Martell said she blew off his calls because she thought he was "a kook."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024
"The kook in me recognises the kook in you," she added.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
Now, the Cabinet wife-turned-media darling-turned-accused kook is known as “Martha Mitchell, whistle-blower.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
That Reilly kook had really been worth saving after all.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Bill also had his share of kooks who threatened the credibility of his movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
“Outer Banks” revolves largely around the class divide between the working-class pogues and the wealthy kooks.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
This full-employment plan for kooks and hucksters gives new meaning to featherbedding.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Hollywood is awash in conservatives, and kooks, and conservative kooks.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2021
“Let’s get them on board, get everyone fed. Then we need to figure out what to do with ourselves. We might be like those kooks we just ran away from soon.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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