oddball
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British actor Tim Curry, who famously commanded attention as the seductive mad scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in cult classic oddball musical “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
After years of feeling like an oddball, Dean was pleased to be surrounded by kindred spirits: “All the people were the weird kids in their old school, right?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"For a long time, no one knew quite what to make of these oddball little blips of dimming," Bouma said.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
She found it in NBC’s new mockumentary series as an oddball boss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
By the third week in September, although the sixth graders were still teasing April—from a safe distance—they were beginning to think of her rather proudly, as their own private oddball.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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