lone wolf
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"We feel like we're as safe as we can possibly be. But we can't control, you know, the lone wolf," Mullin told "Fox and Friends" on Thursday, hours before the nearly six-week tournament opened.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Trump later told reporters that a gunman he described as a "lone wolf" and a "whack job" had charged through security screening just outside the ballroom.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
"I spent much of my life as a lone wolf," she tells BBC News, "so hyper-independent that it became a defining trait."
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
So yeah, I think now the current misconception is that he was a lone wolf acting alone.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2024
I'm as much of a lone wolf or a misfit or a weirdo as anyone.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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