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
Goetz himself is still alive, a squirrel-feeding recluse who lives in virtual poverty so as not to have to pay the massive judgment against him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
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
She spent her teenage years looking after her five siblings and working in a chip shop at the weekends while her mother became a recluse.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
He had been a recluse and almost never came down.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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