as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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Recent Examples of lone wolf
Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
This lone wolf phenomenon of domestic extremism is the most acute threat facing the country – and is also the hardest kind of threat to preemptively stop.
—Javed Ali, The Conversation, 15 July 2024
A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
New attacks by lone wolf actors and nascent criminal groups have emerged following the collapse of ALPHV/BlackCat and Lockbit, according to Coveware.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Wolfs stars Pitt and Clooney, 63, as two professional fixers and lone wolves who are accidentally assigned to the same job and forced to work together.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
This lone wolf phenomenon of domestic extremism is the most acute threat facing the country – and is also the hardest kind of threat to preemptively stop.
—Javed Ali, The Conversation, 15 July 2024
A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
New attacks by lone wolf actors and nascent criminal groups have emerged following the collapse of ALPHV/BlackCat and Lockbit, according to Coveware.
—Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone wolf
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Aside from increasing investments in programs that train people to identify and report or deescalate antisocial behavior, our leaders must take proactive steps to engage and listen to marginalized members of their communities, and to moderate their own rhetoric with humility.Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Her interest stemmed from her earlier research on psychopathy — the personality disorder characterized by antisocial behaviors including callousness and lack of empathy, or the inability to understand and feel another's emotions.Stephanie O'Neill, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
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The odds were stacked against Britain until a group of renegade, maverick soldiers (the SAS Rogue Heroes) decided to fight against a more powerful enemy in a new way.Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Trump backing TikTok is something of a maverick position in Washington.Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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Former first lady Laura Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are also confirmed to attend the inauguration ceremony alongside their husbands, making Michelle the lone holdout among the former presidents’ spouses.Sam Reed, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2025
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The Brewers were the lone NL Central representative in the postseason and lost to the New York Mets in the wild-card round.LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 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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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Feb. 2024
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Utsav was a free spirit who hadn’t worked a traditional job in three years.Shobha Dasari, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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And a little bit of my free spirit is gone for sure.Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.Nick CanepaColumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
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For over a decade, Grimes delighted the public with hilariously dilettante and enfant terrible press bits.Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Well, my editor, Judith Regan, was the enfant terrible of publishing in the ‘90s.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone%20wolf. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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