recluse
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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
The police warned her of a threat against her - known as a TM1 notice - and she described being in "turmoil" and becoming a recluse.
From BBC • Dec. 4, 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
We Americans love our literary losers, and who better to give us the latest version of a recluse with a heart of gold than Walter?
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
In the midst of a few foreign acres teeming with more than two hundred people, he had succeeded in becoming a recluse.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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