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He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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The effect has been to transform the game from its original survival-of-the-fittest mandate into a contest that feels crafted for those raised on video games in which everyone is essentially a lone wolf and the goal is to amass as many power-ups as possible on your personal journey.
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Mark Harris, Vulture, 4 June 2024
Nevada wildlife officials told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2017 that a lone wolf was confirmed to have been spotted within state lines — the first in almost a century.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Without external distractions, lone wolves use alone time to check in with themselves.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
There was an occasional weeklong round of fighting in Gaza or a spurt of lone wolf attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, but the conventional wisdom was that the Palestinians were too downtrodden and fractured to muster anything more.
—Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
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Mark Harris, Vulture, 4 June 2024
Nevada wildlife officials told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 2017 that a lone wolf was confirmed to have been spotted within state lines — the first in almost a century.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Without external distractions, lone wolves use alone time to check in with themselves.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
There was an occasional weeklong round of fighting in Gaza or a spurt of lone wolf attacks in Jerusalem and the West Bank, but the conventional wisdom was that the Palestinians were too downtrodden and fractured to muster anything more.
—Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone%20wolf. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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