maverick

Example Sentences

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When people call Turner, who died Wednesday at age 87, a maverick, an iconoclast, a swashbuckler—he was all of those things on a boat before he became them in the business world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The church denies that the aim of the lawsuit is to silence a popular maverick whose content is widely disseminated by critics of Mormonism.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

It began as a film about a maverick artist who'd established a winter arts festival on the tiny Scottish island of Papa Westray.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The cynical maneuver so disgusted Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a maverick Democrat from rural Washington state, that she defied party leaders and introduced a resolution rebuking Garcia.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

And during that time, Gerry, always the maverick, had opted to remain in Paris to confer unofficially with French diplomats about averting the looming war.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis