loner
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For the wistful, lovelorn loner, it’s an imperative reminder that being attached at the hip can still be isolating, no matter how much two people think alike.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Carol Baxter, 64, gave D'Wit a job designing a website for her lucrative shower mat business and soon took the loner under her wing.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He’s a loner who spends his days monitoring crime from his high-tech redoubt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
One part of his letter struck me as both moving and marvelous: “Since I’m a loner, I don’t have any really close friends, either.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 20, 2026
Their son was a self-starter, a little bit of a loner, and very self-sufficient.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Following the attacks, Sir Keir Starmer said Britain faced a new threat from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms".
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025
They’re renowned loners, with males occupying territories of up to 500 square miles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Ecologists had long assumed snakes are antisocial loners that hang out together only for core functions such as mating and hibernation.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 15, 2023
I feel like the other thing that connects them for me is they're both somewhat loners.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023
Then there are the loners, and I have talked with them also.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
