All 3 Uses

maverick
in
The Hunt for Red October
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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.†
Chpt 3. *
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.†
Chpt 3.
And this morning you're going to tell us how we can hold onto that maverick Russian sub?†
Chpt 9.

Definitions:

(1) (maverick)
someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, maverick refers to an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf) that can be claimed by the first person who puts a brand on it. It was also the name of a popular television western that ran 1957-1962.