maverick
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"As soon as it left my foot, I knew it was a goal," said the maverick Gunners forward.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
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
His unfiltered comments are part of his self-styled image as a maverick, which found traction in a nation where corruption, red tape and institutional dysfunction impact people's lives at every level.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
Maybe it was because Baba had been such an unusual Afghan father, a liberal who had lived by his own rules, a maverick who had disregarded or embraced societal customs as he had seen fit.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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