oddballs
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But these songs are mostly character-driven rather than diaristic, offering brief snapshots of oddballs moving through a confusing landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The period has been the subject of many other nostalgia pieces, though usually without chittering little oddballs at the center of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Samira finds a true community among the other neighborhood oddballs, which is true to Palmer’s experience of growing up in Robbins, Ill., outside of Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
“Joey” was something different, and also more usual, a gathering of oddballs around a main character on a set that found them all a place to sit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Some of his new employees were distinctly oddballs for an academic laboratory.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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