as in aggressive
feeling or displaying eagerness to fight
a feisty hockey player who has spent more than his share of time in the penalty box
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Recent Examples of feisty
The short clip plays against a trending punk tune, comically drawing on the dachshund's feisty darts up the three peaks.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The Eagles barely held on for a 22-16 victory over the feisty Carolina Panthers.
—Rob Maaddi, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
They were met in their driveway by a feisty polar bear, who lunged at the woman.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
There was Destiny, the feisty point guard, routinely failing drug tests.
—John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
The Eagles barely held on for a 22-16 victory over the feisty Carolina Panthers.
—Rob Maaddi, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
They were met in their driveway by a feisty polar bear, who lunged at the woman.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 5 Dec. 2024
There was Destiny, the feisty point guard, routinely failing drug tests.
—John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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Take London, which was a clear hotspot (and will continue to be, for some time): Mandarin Oriental opened its second spot in the capital, barely minutes in a limo from its existing Knightsbridge perch, while Maybourne’s soon-to-be aggressive expansion was teed up by the arrival of the sleek Emory.Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 11 Jan. 2025
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Inter Miami has been aggressive in its global outreach since signing Argentina’s captain Lionel Messi.Melanie Anzidei, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The attacker, a U.S. citizen who had proclaimed his support for the Islamic State militant group, was fatally shot in a firefight with police.Jack Brook and Sara Cline, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Citing an unnamed senior Hamas official, the BBC reported on Monday the list it was shown by the Palestinian militant group includes 10 women, as well as young children.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Both saw themselves as outsiders in a hostile environment.Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Aber’s book is successful in showing that self-hatred is the fruit not of a few particular traumas but rather of a hostile environment’s erosive drip on the psyche.Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden prioritized student loan forgiveness during his term, introducing broad and contentious programs—challenged by his opponents in the courts—to relieve people of large chunks of their college debt.David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
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The loud and contentious debate about whether Indiana and SMU deserved CFP at-large bids overshadowed the reality of postseason football in both college and the NFL.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Feisty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feisty. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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