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He used to be a real oddball back in high school.
she's known as the office oddball
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Turns out there are enough oddball items on shelves that scavenging for the weirdest finds has become a trend.
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Jack and Callum become an oddball pairing that sort of works for a while, using toy-store supply closets as teleportation zones and turning Hot Wheels into sweet real rides.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually known as Brightbill (and voiced by Kit Connor), the gosling grows into an oddball who can’t fly and instead walks and talks like a robot and sees this robot — which in the eyes of the other animals is still some sort of strange monster — as his mom.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
With the help of his loyal, oddball animal friends, Pierre finds the courage to speak up, break tradition, and change his world for the better.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Jack and Callum become an oddball pairing that sort of works for a while, using toy-store supply closets as teleportation zones and turning Hot Wheels into sweet real rides.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
Eventually known as Brightbill (and voiced by Kit Connor), the gosling grows into an oddball who can’t fly and instead walks and talks like a robot and sees this robot — which in the eyes of the other animals is still some sort of strange monster — as his mom.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
With the help of his loyal, oddball animal friends, Pierre finds the courage to speak up, break tradition, and change his world for the better.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Oddball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oddball. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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oddball
noun
odd·ball
-ˌbȯl 
: a person who behaves strangely
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