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she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Alongside Dune: Part 2, users picked several smaller, scrappier movies as year-end faves.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
The scrappy theatrical love letter to this wild caper has been getting raves on the West End for two years.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
By then, Le Pen had replaced the black eyepatch and begun polishing his scrappy image.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Davie’s management is a scrappy set of dealmakers, and has wasted no time in hunting down Polar shipbuilding expertise.
—Craig Hooper, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Alongside Dune: Part 2, users picked several smaller, scrappier movies as year-end faves.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
The scrappy theatrical love letter to this wild caper has been getting raves on the West End for two years.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
By then, Le Pen had replaced the black eyepatch and begun polishing his scrappy image.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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