kook
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Martell said she blew off his calls because she thought he was "a kook."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024
And because she’s a kook, both cops and killers can underestimate her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
"The kook in me recognises the kook in you," she added.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
In the mainstream, he’s long been cast off as a kook.
From Slate ● May 1, 2023
Could the huge kook live in such a dollhouse?
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
For decades, he tried to wriggle out of that typecasting to play kooks and himbos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Intruders, oddballs, kooks, and villains, in this gloomy lifeless dark, fight for space.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
This full-employment plan for kooks and hucksters gives new meaning to featherbedding.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
“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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