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Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.
She seems like a friendly, likable young woman.
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Trachtenberg, whose death at 39 was announced on February 26, spent much of her career playing the most likable version of a precocious brat, a know-it-all who gets away with just about everything thanks to her doe eyes and charisma.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Roberts was the Fred MacMurray of modern character actors: likable, earnest, and forever funny.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Hard to determine how likable Bergers is among his mates.
—Max Bultman, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
In front of a jury, being likable suddenly matters.
—Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Roberts was the Fred MacMurray of modern character actors: likable, earnest, and forever funny.
—Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
Hard to determine how likable Bergers is among his mates.
—Max Bultman, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
In front of a jury, being likable suddenly matters.
—Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likable. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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