iconoclast
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This time, with the drive of a born iconoclast, Ford sheds plot even further — save the loose construct of three besties in search of their absent fourth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Frank Dikötter is an iconoclast historian who immerses himself in the primary sources more thoroughly than any other Western scholar of 20th-century China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
Williams wants to impress upon folks that he is an iconoclast, and it comes off as smarmy.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
He would be sharing that evening’s program with five other choreographers, including the Baroque dancer Catherine Turocy, the Merce Cunningham acolyte Kenneth King and the postmodern-ballet iconoclast Donald Byrd.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2024
But Wagner wasn't the only composer who was guilty of creating unnecessary clutter in the eyes of an iconoclast like Satie.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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