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Recent Examples of moll
But this harlequin moll can’t match Joker’s lunacy as either lawbreaker or musician.
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Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
Also starring in the production are Rhett Guter as conman Rooster and Isabella De Souza Moore as his moll Lily St. Regis.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
Gomez makes Jessi so much more than the telenovela version of a gangster's moll, while also leaning into the soapiness of such a character with gusto.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
As she’s poised in a YA triangle between selfish dreamboat Ryan and earnest nerd Collin (Taeho K), JJ just happens (or not) to have a run-in with a gang of baddies presided over by Nancy, an oligarch’s moll played by Anna Faris in wet-look platinum hair and magenta lipstick and raccoon eyeshadow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
This time, Grier’s moll, Lee Daniels (like the director!), and Margaret Markov’s revolutionary, Karen Brent, are the interracial prisoners chained together.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Bonello attempts, with some success, to subvert the stereotypes of women as passive victims or as gangster molls serving as mere accessories for dominant males.
—Deborah Bonello, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
The Breen office was hip to the scam Hollywood always played in the gangster pictures — revel for 85 minutes in the gunplay, fast cars, cool clothes, and slinky molls before exacting a crime-does-not-pay penalty in the last five minutes.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Yet had people not worked tirelessly to uncover the truth of what happened—the truth that had been buried underneath a morass of facts—Breonna Taylor might still be remembered as a suspect and some drug kingpin’s moll, not a tireless essential worker whose goal in life was to help people.
—Zz Packer, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2020
Armond White, National Review, 29 Nov. 2024
Also starring in the production are Rhett Guter as conman Rooster and Isabella De Souza Moore as his moll Lily St. Regis.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2024
Gomez makes Jessi so much more than the telenovela version of a gangster's moll, while also leaning into the soapiness of such a character with gusto.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
As she’s poised in a YA triangle between selfish dreamboat Ryan and earnest nerd Collin (Taeho K), JJ just happens (or not) to have a run-in with a gang of baddies presided over by Nancy, an oligarch’s moll played by Anna Faris in wet-look platinum hair and magenta lipstick and raccoon eyeshadow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
This time, Grier’s moll, Lee Daniels (like the director!), and Margaret Markov’s revolutionary, Karen Brent, are the interracial prisoners chained together.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Bonello attempts, with some success, to subvert the stereotypes of women as passive victims or as gangster molls serving as mere accessories for dominant males.
—Deborah Bonello, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
The Breen office was hip to the scam Hollywood always played in the gangster pictures — revel for 85 minutes in the gunplay, fast cars, cool clothes, and slinky molls before exacting a crime-does-not-pay penalty in the last five minutes.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Yet had people not worked tirelessly to uncover the truth of what happened—the truth that had been buried underneath a morass of facts—Breonna Taylor might still be remembered as a suspect and some drug kingpin’s moll, not a tireless essential worker whose goal in life was to help people.
—Zz Packer, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moll
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The wife of Charles II, whose ascension to the throne in 1660 marked the restoration of the British monarchy after the upheaval of civil war, Catherine is remembered, when she is remembered at all, for enduring her husband’s infidelity and the elevation of his many mistresses.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Eastwood plays a jewel thief who witnesses the president of the United States (Gene Hackman) killing his mistress.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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How The ‘Superman Challenge’ Could Go Wrong Super Wrong Unfortunately, all of this could end up not being a pretty fly for a super guy—or gal.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Related Articles The Gen Z gal on your list will swoon over the 1964 Fringe Bag that’s done in trending suede material with boho chic details, or the petite Sammy 12 Bag that adds a flash of shine to any ‘fit for a night out.Claire Sullivan, WWD, 2 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, there is plenty of speculation as to whether this unlikely internet celebrity — who declined to share any identifying information, lest his girlfriend of only five weeks learn about Steve — is in fact a stalker of some kind.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2024
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His girlfriend spoke to the media outside the home on Christmas Day.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Moll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moll. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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