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
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
He’s a bit of a recluse, but he plays by the rules and demands the same from Fito.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 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
Their leader was a mysterious, illiterate, one-eyed recluse named Mullah Omar, who, Rasheed said with some amusement, called himself Ameer-ul-Mumineen, Leader of the Faithful.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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