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
As much as he agonized, Marsden started to believe that the show might work when Gladden befriended juror Todd, actor David Brown playing an odd duck intended to weird him out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Johnson introduced Fineman by saying, “She’s an odd duck but we like her. She’s either seven or 40, we can’t tell.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
The Babushkinov children had learned English from their former tutor, who was a very odd duck indeed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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