maverick
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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
The church denies that the aim of the lawsuit is to silence a popular maverick whose content is widely disseminated by critics of Mormonism.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026
But that triumphant Sunday encapsulated Cherki's personality - a free-spirited maverick that brings the chaos within City's disciplined system.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The cynical maneuver so disgusted Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, a maverick Democrat from rural Washington state, that she defied party leaders and introduced a resolution rebuking Garcia.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
It was all about how the U.S. ought to take better charge of the maverick Congo; the two photographs stopped my heart.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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