recluse
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As Boo Radley, a mysterious recluse in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Duvall was on screen for less than five minutes at the film’s end and had no lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Xu, an online megaposter but real-life recluse, has rarely spoken with reporters and hasn’t been photographed in public for nearly a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
Ed says she wasn't a recluse as some have suggested and was very sociable with the people she knew.
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025
Born in Virginia, D'Angelo was something of a recluse and only periodically surfaced to release music, most of which was received favorably by fans and critics.
From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025
But gram for gram, nothing in the universe comes close to the green speckled recluse; among other spiders, compared with the green speckled recluse, the black widow was a rag doll.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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