as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
a community in which men and women were expected to conform to traditional gender roles, and nonconformers were socially ostracized
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The show pairs an aristocratic police detective and a maverick sergeant from a working class background.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety As for Harper herself, the rule-breaking maverick is homeward bound.Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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But Hollinghurst began as a sort of enfant terrible.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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For an enfant terrible, Munk is surprisingly modest and self-effacing.Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
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Watch on Deadline Seen in flashbacks mostly set in or around 1972, Sarah (Rothe) is a witty, free spirit from the big city with an ardent passion for activism, and trying to avoid the conventional/traditional life of a young woman in the ’70s.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
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While their music continues to evolve, their unapologetically free spirit that electrified that June night in 2013 remains the core of their sound.Sara Ibrahim, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.TIME, TIME, 7 May 2024
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2024
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A lot of the violence is coming from lone wolves or single assailants.Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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New attacks by lone wolf actors and nascent criminal groups have emerged following the collapse of ALPHV/BlackCat and Lockbit, according to Coveware.Barbara Booth, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Nonconformer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonconformer. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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