loner
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What if the destruction of your planet left you with a permanent case of agonized alienation, and you became a weird, antisocial loner who hung out in bars drinking alone?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“There are a couple of groups that I’ve kind of gone to, I’m a bit of a loner, it didn’t work well for me,” Mathews said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 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
It tells the story of a lonely woman who uses a magical spray to improve her life and finds romance with a fellow loner.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
I mean, it's not like I'm some psycho loner or anything.
From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements
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
R-and-W had all of these, and the worst cases were loners, shunned by the mass of inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
