eccentric
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Hilton earned a reputation as eccentric but savvy, pushing the Conservative Party to embrace same-sex marriage and more climate-friendly policies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
He has since starred in major films including Christopher Nolan's Tenet, as well as a range of eccentric, indie films.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Cast as the eccentric scientist Doc Brown, Mr. Lloyd took his inspiration from the “wild energy” and long white hair of the British conductor and composer Leopold Stokowski.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He presented as an eccentric neighbor who’d chosen a peaceful, off-grid lifestyle.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
There he let his eccentric tastes run wild.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
His childhood was filled with visionaries and eccentrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Sturgis specializes in these kinds of neurotic eccentrics, but his portrayal didn’t help me identify Ru’s secret appeal or believe in the trauma that we later learned occurred when his car broke down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The film spends significant time roasting inane eccentrics like Benji but not without explaining their place in the media’s modern ecosystem.
From Salon ● May 6, 2026
It is full of eccentrics, impish humour, and the absurdities of small-town and big-city life.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
“Now are you willing to concede that there is some faint connection, not necessarily between two eccentrics, but with a—um—general turn of mind that exists in some quarters across the water?”
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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