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Recent Examples of wallflower
That said, Texas will go nowhere if Swain becomes a wallflower when the game is on the line.
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Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
Tiffany was by no means a wallflower on her original season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
This is not simply the unlikelihood of a popular guy finally noticing his wallflower best friend (like the story of Colin and Penelope in season 3).
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
This spring there are no shrinking violets, only beguiling wallflowers.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
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Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
Tiffany was by no means a wallflower on her original season.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
This is not simply the unlikelihood of a popular guy finally noticing his wallflower best friend (like the story of Colin and Penelope in season 3).
—Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 19 Jan. 2026
This spring there are no shrinking violets, only beguiling wallflowers.
—Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wallflower
Noun
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Sloths primarily live in rainforests and are known as biological introverts for their highly specialized diets and survival mechanisms adapted over millions of years of evolution.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 May 2026
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However, in the wild, the algae are the ocean’s introverts, and only glow when they are bothered, like jolted by a crashing wave or the hull of a passing boat.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Noun
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At the center of this comedic cat-and-mouse chase was Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, a longtime ally of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has gone from a powerful enforcer of a bloody drug crackdown to a wanted criminal on the run.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Jamie Foxx grabbed an action shot with the mouse himself at Disneyland in July 2017.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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“Wallflower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wallflower. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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