eccentric
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All of this is relevant to Gabbard, who is one of the most enigmatic and eccentric characters in American politics today — which is saying something.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026
In the early ’90s, he had attended Long Beach’s mythic Spruce Goose rave, which took over the hulking geodesic dome that once housed eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes’ failed wooden plane.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2026
In the original film, Jet and Fran are the witchy, eccentric aunts who took in their nieces after their parents died.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
"All of a sudden here's something eccentric, albeit materially meaningless, that I could do."
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The creature was a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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