oddballs
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At the peak of his early success, Turturro could have made a comfortable living playing neurotic oddballs and angry loose cannons in big studio movies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
But these songs are mostly character-driven rather than diaristic, offering brief snapshots of oddballs moving through a confusing landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But the sound of the music itself — delicate, precise, a little eerie — was also a sign that Hollywood did nothing to smooth out the quirks of one of pop’s most lovable oddballs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
As directed by James Griffiths, Mr. Basden and Mr. Key’s screenplay hearkened back to “Local Hero” with its warm glow of appreciation for U.K. oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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