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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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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025
Until scrappy New Yorker Sylvie Devereaux comes along, of course.
—Brynne Weaver, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The sixth was a scrappy goal that could have been disallowed (Ibrahim Sangare might have handled the ball on the floor, replays looked inconclusive), but the seventh showed the extent to which the visitors had lost their composure.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Manning is from good Southern football stock—his father, Archie, was a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, his brother Eli was the scrappy, courageous leader of the New York Giants, and his nephew Arch will soon be drafted into the N.F.L.—but his excellence seemed well earned.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Team Fluff’s lineup includes Winston, a scrappy competitor from Phoenix Animal Rescue in Pennsylvania, and Whoopie, representing Wags & Walks in Tennessee.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025
Until scrappy New Yorker Sylvie Devereaux comes along, of course.
—Brynne Weaver, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The sixth was a scrappy goal that could have been disallowed (Ibrahim Sangare might have handled the ball on the floor, replays looked inconclusive), but the seventh showed the extent to which the visitors had lost their composure.
—Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
Manning is from good Southern football stock—his father, Archie, was a quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, his brother Eli was the scrappy, courageous leader of the New York Giants, and his nephew Arch will soon be drafted into the N.F.L.—but his excellence seemed well earned.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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