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oddball

[od-bawl] / ˈɒdˌbɔl /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
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Did your love of country music make you an oddball as a schoolkid growing up in England?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

M31-2014-DS1 initially stood out as an "oddball," De says, but it now seems to be one of several examples, including NGC 6946-BH1.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

He cut his teeth as a martial arts expert and stand-up comic before becoming an oddball character in the mid-1990s television sitcom “News Radio.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

French, who plays 'widow' Debbie Fendon, said: "This is a sitcom about a very strange little oddball family who commit a massive fraud but pretend that it's no big deal."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

In the secret world of cryptanalysis, Meredith Gardner had earned a reputation as something of an oddball superstar.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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