quirky
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Plus an assortment of quirky items including Pringles cans, Swatch watches, museum neckties and golf-course pencils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Once a quirky background detail that played an outsized role in his nomination, Kavanaugh’s extracurricular interests have now been elevated by the Supreme Court into a legal fixture of constitutional law.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the podcast, she serves as a loving alternative auntie figure and often addresses her audience with quirky pet names such as “my tender ravioli.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
Through half a century of creature features, epic disasters, sprawling adventures, quirky character studies and electrifying political thrillers, Spielberg has maintained his hope.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
He’d gather five or six pages of good, quirky material and print up fifty copies.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
But over the course of four days, I sought out some of the quirkier corners of the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Queen Camilla will show Melania one of the quirkier items in Windsor, a remarkable dolls' house, made a century ago by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025
But the 1st District race is one of the quirkier ones.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2024
Kraus is a powerfully original writer, and her book is quirkier.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Gestures are bigger, speeches are speechier, the workplace quirkier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
Perhaps the quirkiest fortnight in football peaked for Roberto Martinez's side when Ben Watson flicked a 91st-minute header beyond Manchester City stopper Joe Hart to send Wigan fans wild at Wembley.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
It may also be among the quirkiest spots, a place of contradictions.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Today, the former lovers run the Museum of Broken Relationships, one of Croatia’s busiest — and quirkiest — tourist attractions.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
My closest friend is also the quirkiest in the group.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2022
The quirkiest part of his outfit is the ponytail holder.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
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40 SAT words Beginning with "Q"
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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