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oddball

[od-bawl] / ˈɒdˌbɔl /
ADJECTIVE
eccentric
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"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

The U.S. is an oddball among Olympic nations, the only one that tallies up gold, silver, and bronze when it counts its medals at the end of the Games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

His gently oddball vision of loner heroics has plenty of terror-steeped imagery to go with the referential sound design’s aural innocence of antiquated bloops, blurps and synthetic tones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

They followed it up with the vibrant, oddball, goosebumpy 3D Country in early 2023.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

A few minutes later the oddball vendor wheeled his wagon out onto the sidewalk.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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