odd duck
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odd ducks
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IBM is an odd duck in the technology industry, in that it continues to have positive cash flow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"He's an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are," she said.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
At Ecomoda, a Colombian fashion company that prided itself on exalting beauty and style, this lowly secretary was an odd duck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
“It’s kind of an odd duck that there has been so much fire on such a big landscape,” Desautel said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
She finds him in the cafeteria later, where he eats his free lunches alone, or sometimes with Travis Bohannon, another thoroughly odd duck with a sad story of his own.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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