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Adjective (2)
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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Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Five for Benn, five for Lowry, 12 for Pionk with a game misconduct, plus another 14 for scrappy Stars forward Colin Blackwell, who took Pionk down with a chokehold after the hit.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
With two scrappy final women, the movie is brimming with female empowerment, one of Weaving’s favorite facets of modern horror.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
Sefton joined the Army's Ukraine Lessons Learned Task Force, which has the job of translating experience from Ukraine's scrappy fighting force to America's sprawling military.
—Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Like all good centre-forwards, Suarez sustains his healthy goalscoring rate with a range of scrappy goals and close-range finishes, fuelled by his sense of anticipation in the box.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Five for Benn, five for Lowry, 12 for Pionk with a game misconduct, plus another 14 for scrappy Stars forward Colin Blackwell, who took Pionk down with a chokehold after the hit.
—R.j. Coyle, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
With two scrappy final women, the movie is brimming with female empowerment, one of Weaving’s favorite facets of modern horror.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026
Sefton joined the Army's Ukraine Lessons Learned Task Force, which has the job of translating experience from Ukraine's scrappy fighting force to America's sprawling military.
—Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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