maverick
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Although Mr. Amodei has long been an industry maverick on AI safety, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of SpaceX quickly agreed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Brook also has one clear advantage in any debate for the maverick position in a fantasy England XI.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
The set includes maverick detective Carl Morck's New Town flat.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
He calls himself an independent Republican cut from the same polar-fleece lining as the state’s maverick GOP senator, Lisa Murkowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
To McCorkle, Sergeant Bloom had sounded a bit off-the-wall, a maverick theorist selling out the program.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Both were mavericks, and Graham 1.0 had an independent streak.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
LIV was a company full of bold thinkers and innovators and mavericks who weren’t afraid to leave predictable jobs to move to this opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
Genge, who plays alongside Fiji stars Kalaveti Ravouvou and Viliame Mata at English club Bristol, added: "They are a team full of absolute mavericks and they have got lightning bolts everywhere."
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
Brett expressed his love for Brighton mavericks such as Julio Enciso and 1970s midfielder Brian Bromley.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
The mavericks were an unfailing source of quarrels.
From With Hoops of Steel by Dan Smith
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