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Example sentences for: maverick

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Francisco Labastida, a seasoned politician favored by party bigwigs, clobbered his nearest competitor, Roberto Madrazo, the maverick governor of the Tobasco region.
The movie is a remake of a 1980 John Cassavetes sausage (a rare formula picture for the maverick director) about a gangster's mistress (Gena Rowlands, who has a cameo here) who stands up to her lover by rescuing a little Spanish boy whose family has been wiped out by mobsters.
McCain is sleazy: Talk to any reporter in Arizona (which no Washington pundit does) and you won't hear about what a "maverick" he is.
You can't really see what the drillers are doing--not even maverick Affleck, in his big "I can drill this!"
They generally agreed that Brian was a maverick in the field--and perhaps a bit too much in love with his own self-image as a misunderstood outsider--but basically sound.