kook
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Yet the individual set pieces were so vivid and funny and weird that the tale became one about Gaga’s embrace of her role as music’s greatest kook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025
Juxtaposing that with this Indiana Jones character, Theodore, who may be a kook or savior.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2024
They called her a kook and a mystic.
From Slate ● May 10, 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
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
“Outer Banks” revolves largely around the class divide between the working-class pogues and the wealthy kooks.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
This full-employment plan for kooks and hucksters gives new meaning to featherbedding.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
“Let’s get them on board, get everyone fed. Then we need to figure out what to do with ourselves. We might be like those kooks we just ran away from soon.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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