iconoclast
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When people call Turner, who died Wednesday at age 87, a maverick, an iconoclast, a swashbuckler—he was all of those things on a boat before he became them in the business world.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Founder Dave Gold was a SoCal business iconoclast on the level of In-N-Out founder Harry Snyder and cafeteria magnate Clifford Clifton, who made sure that the least among us could eat and shop like kings.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2024
He was reverent and rude, a very knowledgeable man and an iconoclast, smalltown and metropolitan at the same time.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2023
Some took issue with such sentiments coming from an iconoclast like Smith.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2023
But Wagner wasn't the only composer who was guilty of creating unnecessary clutter in the eyes of an iconoclast like Satie.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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