loner
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No one does anything alone, but this reader describes himself as a loner, and one reason he’s sitting on a big nest egg is because he started early.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” takes the series’ thematic underpinnings — what parenting looks like between a masked human loner and an otherworldly toddler — and deepens them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
While Jimmie had been very social and outgoing, Jim was a bit bashful, a loner, very quiet, and liked to read.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
She has a knack for heightening moments and introducing characters that range from sad, weird loners to shifty and overconfident schemers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2025
Following the attacks, Sir Keir Starmer said Britain faced a new threat from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms".
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
Glowering loners staring at the two women under 40 like cats watching birds out a window.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
In Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” my favorite film of 2023, a pair of loners find nourishing points of connection in a cruel and grim world: the movies, karaoke and a dog named Chaplin.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
Then there are the loners, and I have talked with them also.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
