maverick
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Defender Riccardo Calafiori, who Arsenal signed for £42m in 2024, regained his fitness and the Italy international's versatility and maverick nature when going forward plays such a big part in the team's attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Messi and Mbappe both converted from 12 yards in the shootout, but maverick stopper Emi Martinez - who also denied Randal Kolo Muani a last-gasp winner - proved the Argentine hero.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
He calls himself an independent Republican cut from the same polar-fleece lining as the state’s maverick GOP senator, Lisa Murkowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
The EchoStar chairman, CEO and controlling shareholder is an industry maverick.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
“That four-eyed maverick has sand in his craw a-plenty,” a ranch hand said approvingly.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
Both were mavericks, and Graham 1.0 had an independent streak.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
He paved the way for a second and third generation of L.A. theatrical mavericks, notably Peter Sellars and Yuval Sharon, who newly and profoundly alter perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
LIV was a company full of bold thinkers and innovators and mavericks who weren’t afraid to leave predictable jobs to move to this opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Genge, who plays alongside Fiji stars Kalaveti Ravouvou and Viliame Mata at English club Bristol, added: "They are a team full of absolute mavericks and they have got lightning bolts everywhere."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
On the other hand, he would see to it that they did not catch him branding mavericks on his own range.
From Rim o' the World by Anton Otto Fischer
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