maverick

Example Sentences

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Dentists’ reputations for being maverick investors have made them targets for unscrupulous actors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

His unfiltered comments are part of his self-styled image as a maverick, which found traction in a nation where corruption, red tape and institutional dysfunction impact people's lives at every level.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

It recounted, “In his later years, Peter enjoyed being a maverick and the center of controversy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Predominantly kits were kept to a single colour - two if you were feeling bold, three if you were feeling like a maverick.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Miraculously, Oskar Schindler, this complex man of many contradictions—Nazi opportunist, schemer, courageous maverick, rescuer, hero—had saved nearly 1,200 Jews from almost certain death.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson