oddballs
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The period has been the subject of many other nostalgia pieces, though usually without chittering little oddballs at the center of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
But the sound of the music itself — delicate, precise, a little eerie — was also a sign that Hollywood did nothing to smooth out the quirks of one of pop’s most lovable oddballs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
With its zesty appreciation for the city’s landscape of oddballs, menacing and disarming alike, “Tuner” has some similarity to one of last year’s best pictures, “Caught Stealing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
But the scenes she’s devised for these sympathetically difficult oddballs go nowhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Some of his new employees were distinctly oddballs for an academic laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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