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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 scenes she’s devised for these sympathetically difficult oddballs go nowhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

Samira finds a true community among the other neighborhood oddballs, which is true to Palmer’s experience of growing up in Robbins, Ill., outside of Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026

As directed by James Griffiths, Mr. Basden and Mr. Key’s screenplay hearkened back to “Local Hero” with its warm glow of appreciation for U.K. oddballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee



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