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Like so many Weimar-era free spirits, Astfalck-Vietz saw her career abruptly hobbled by the political ascent of Adolf Hitler, which began in 1933.—
Andrew Pulver,
Air Mail,
12 July 2025 -
Marion, who wears his trademark cowboy hat, is big on energy and being a free spirit.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
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And, of course, now there's concerns that extremists, infuriated by the U.S. attack on a Muslim country, might launch lone wolf attacks on their own.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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The tenacity of the lone wolf myth has several sources.—
Alex Hinton,
The Conversation,
17 June 2025
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One of the world’s most dynamic and wealthy countries is about to open its real estate market to outsiders – for the first time.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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But the explosion of interest in the experiences business is not without substantial risk, not necessarily from outsiders entering the space (the barrier for entry remains stubbornly high), but from financial and external factors.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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The spectacular failure of aspiring enfant terrible David Hogg this week in the first test of his youth movement in an Arizona House primary would seem to point in the same direction, but look closer.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
18 July 2025
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Miley Cyrus, Mayor Pauline Miley’s transition from enfant terrible to one of the industry’s most creative staples suggests a kind of mid-career stability present in damsel in distress turned politician Pauline. Katy Perry, Daisy Obviously!!!—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
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The Close Encounters references definitely shout out that sci-fi landmark’s influence, but the bigger touchstone here is a different Spielberg movie that mixes cosmic bonding and misfit kids.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2025
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Quinn leads a misfit group of local hood sleuths on hilarious missions, with each solve kicking off the next episode’s investigation, until all the puzzle pieces ultimately lead them to the truth about Quinn’s mother’s disappearance.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
13 June 2025
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What is a totalitarian leader other than an individualist taking that creed to its cruel conclusions, erasing the uniqueness of every other person into mere characters in a drama?—
Ed Simon
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Although Americans are individualists, we’re still expected to go home for the holidays and to cite our parents as our greatest sources of inspiration.—
Anesce Dremen,
Longreads,
3 July 2025
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Ballard is a maverick who’s been demoted to assembling a volunteer team, literally in the basement, to review cold case files.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
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Car chases were as reliable a trope as the maverick officer with his own moral code mouthing off to superiors, or the battle-scarred veteran who’s seen it all and just wants to eat donuts and make it to retirement.—
Maris Kreizman,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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