offbeat
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His dancing career didn’t really start until he started playing for the Bananas — whose offbeat and entertaining brand of baseball incorporates dancing and other shenanigans — in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
An Atsuko Okatsuka show is typically full of surprises as a result of her offbeat humor and twerk-master physicality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
An offbeat political thriller, a vampire horror film and a period drama about Shakespeare will go head-to-head Sunday at the BAFTAs, Britain's biggest film awards, setting the stage for the Oscars.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Our critic noted that the playwright “has a gift for blending dark subject matter with offbeat comedy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
What I missed most about him was his offbeat sense of humor.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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