loner
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For the wistful, lovelorn loner, it’s an imperative reminder that being attached at the hip can still be isolating, no matter how much two people think alike.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The book’s throughline is her friendship with Bill, an academic loner whose meticulous work in the field caught her attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Carol Baxter, 64, gave D'Wit a job designing a website for her lucrative shower mat business and soon took the loner under her wing.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Since then, despite Jeselnik’s self-proclaimed loner status, Fitzgerald and Jeselnik have struck up a friendship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I was a loner, like they were, but I had never before felt loneliness quite like this.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
Both are loners who’d rather avoid the spotlight — particularly at parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
Following the attacks, Sir Keir Starmer said Britain faced a new threat from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms".
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
Ecologists had long assumed snakes are antisocial loners that hang out together only for core functions such as mating and hibernation.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2023
There were three groups of at least three wolves each, and a few loners or pairs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
R-and-W had all of these, and the worst cases were loners, shunned by the mass of inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
