kook
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They called her a kook and a mystic.
From Slate ● May 10, 2024
Martell said she blew off his calls because she thought he was "a kook."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024
And because she’s a kook, both cops and killers can underestimate her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
"The kook in me recognises the kook in you," she added.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
That dog was probably the only thing that the kook had ever really had in his life.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
“It’s what we’ve done for the last 20 years, really. We’re just a bunch of kooks who got together to obsessively make things in celebration of life and in appreciation of each other’s time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Bill also had his share of kooks who threatened the credibility of his movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
But the problem with dealing with kooks is they are unpredictable and hard to control.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023
This full-employment plan for kooks and hucksters gives new meaning to featherbedding.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Everest has always been a magnet for kooks, publicity seekers, hopeless romantics, and others with a shaky hold on reality.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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