loner
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He’s a loner who spends his days monitoring crime from his high-tech redoubt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
No one does anything alone, but this reader describes himself as a loner, and one reason he’s sitting on a big nest egg is because he started early.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
“The Mandalorian and Grogu” takes the series’ thematic underpinnings — what parenting looks like between a masked human loner and an otherworldly toddler — and deepens them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
As a result, unlike what his name would suggest, Unique is a fairly generic loner who dully seeks vengeance.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Or heard more stories about how I’m a loner.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Both are loners who’d rather avoid the spotlight — particularly at parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
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
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
There were three groups of at least three wolves each, and a few loners or pairs.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
R-and-W had all of these, and the worst cases were loners, shunned by the mass of inmates.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
