kook
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Juxtaposing that with this Indiana Jones character, Theodore, who may be a kook or savior.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
The other dancers can’t help getting a kick out of the kook who’s boosting box office for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
In other words, they’re learning he’s a kook.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2023
"The kook in me recognises the kook in you," she added.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
The poor kook had tried to make his mother think he had a girlfriend.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
“It’s what we’ve done for the last 20 years, really. We’re just a bunch of kooks who got together to obsessively make things in celebration of life and in appreciation of each other’s time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Bill also had his share of kooks who threatened the credibility of his movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
But the problem with dealing with kooks is they are unpredictable and hard to control.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023
“Outer Banks” revolves largely around the class divide between the working-class pogues and the wealthy kooks.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics, and others with a shaky hold on reality.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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