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Following the attacks, Sir Keir Starmer said Britain faced a new threat from "extreme violence carried out by loners, misfits, young men in their bedrooms".

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

In Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” my favorite film of 2023, a pair of loners find nourishing points of connection in a cruel and grim world: the movies, karaoke and a dog named Chaplin.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

Ecologists had long assumed snakes are antisocial loners that hang out together only for core functions such as mating and hibernation.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 15, 2023

The common view that domestic cats are aloof loners couldn't be further from the truth.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023

People like Nicole Castro didn’t know loners like me.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin