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maverick
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  • Maybe it was because Baba had been such an unusual Afghan father, a liberal who had lived by his own rules, a maverick who had disregarded or embraced societal customs as he had seen fit.†  (source)
  • "All right, guys, load up," my mother cheerily yelled as she threw in one final bag and slammed shut the trunk of our lime green Ford Maverick.†  (source)
  • Miraculously, Oskar Schindler, this complex man of many contradictions—Nazi opportunist, schemer, courageous maverick, rescuer, hero—had saved nearly 1,200 Jews from almost certain death.†  (source)
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  • It was all about how the U.S. ought to take better charge of the maverick Congo; the two photographs stopped my heart.†  (source)
  • This group had the mavericks.†  (source)
  • Not to mention that it's out and out creepy that Fifi, the maverick, is so changed.†  (source)
  • It gives their guard something to do when they're not out annihilating mavericks.†  (source)
  • He kind of looked like the guy who played Maverick.†  (source)
  • Men of other regiments came to visit the Mavericks.†  (source)
  • He had the canny self-assurance of an industry maverick, the outsider who tries to roil the works, japing every complacent rule of belief.†  (source)
  • Marko sensed that in it there was room to grow, and saw that many aspiring naval cadets were like himself, if not mavericks then as close to mavericks as was possible in a society so closely controlled as his own.†  (source)
  • He shuffled to the back of the bus, grateful that it wasn't one of the crowded school buses but a maverick bus that appeared at odd hours.†  (source)
  • The Mavericks went visiting on their own account.†  (source)
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  • "I'm surprised you even knew how to get out here, Maverick."  (source)
    Maverick = a person's name
  • One person hollers out, "It's all right, Maverick."  (source)
  • "Maverick's really serious about getting you out of Garden Heights."  (source)
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  • "Calm down, Maverick," Uncle Carlos says.  (source)
    Maverick = a person's name
  • "Maverick, don't make this something it's not," Uncle Carlos says.  (source)
  • "Maverick, she's seen two of her friends get killed," Momma says.  (source)
  • Since you gon' be the only store around here, Maverick, you'll need more space when you rebuild.  (source)
  • "Maverick's discussed getting him out here."  (source)
  • "Maverick, I'm not going there with you tonight."  (source)
  • She unhooks the locks, hollering back, "Maverick, Lisa, and Starr are here, Ma."  (source)
  • I get it, Maverick, you wanna help your people out.  (source)
  • Seven's not a mistake, I love him to death, but Maverick made a mistake in his actions.  (source)
  • "Maverick, you still should've called," Uncle Carlos says.  (source)
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