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offbeat

adjective as in strange, very different

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Sam Quinones celebrates this ungainly instrument and its players in “The Perfect Tuba,” a delightfully offbeat book with unexpectedly profound overtones.

Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

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She was intrigued, but she worried that the story was too offbeat to appeal to the celebrity focus of the New Yorker’s then editor, Tina Brown.

Bronstein populates the movie with an offbeat set of supporting characters and her casting elevates every one of them.

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Ultimately, Redford preferred characters that were a little offbeat - in keeping with his passion for independent cinema.

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