recluse
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As Boo Radley, a mysterious recluse in “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Duvall was on screen for less than five minutes at the film’s end and had no lines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
Goetz himself is still alive, a squirrel-feeding recluse who lives in virtual poverty so as not to have to pay the massive judgment against him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Dawn, who is unable to work following decades of mental and physical health issues, says her experiences transformed her from a "very sociable child" into a "recluse".
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Think of it like “The Mandalorian,” if Mando had a recluse gamer co-parent and Grogu was a picky eater.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
My mother was born ten minutes before my aunt Julia, who seemed to have become some sort of a recluse that summer, rarely leaving her house and, according to my mom, “stinking to high heaven.”
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
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