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Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Chiefs win the Super Bowl Doha Madani The Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions after a rough start in the first half and a scrappy comeback in the second.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
Baylor’s scrappy play and rebounding ability stood out most to USC guard McKenzie Forbes when asked Friday about her impressions of the Bears.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
While this oddball epic about a rag-tag group of pre-teens came out almost 20 years after The Goonies (1985), the films share similar, scrappy vibes — tall tales of old-school style adventure, shot in a naturalistic style that lets the kids' personalities shine.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
At a time when Hollywood and scrappy filmmakers alike are stressing over how to get butts into seats, Cheslik and Tews are counting on a live make-believe beaver fight — a marketing gimmick dressed like a vaudeville act — to sell their movie.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The small plane hovers low above the scrappy forest canopy, with rivers below colored a murky yellow due to mining waste.
—Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
Much like in Arthur the King, which delves into the deep bond between pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and a scrappy street dog (played by Ukai, an Australian shepherd-Border collie-Bouvier mix), Liu and Chopa's journey back home wasn't easy.
—Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Small-scale producers, on the other hand, must get scrappy.
—Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Chiefs win the Super Bowl Doha Madani The Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions after a rough start in the first half and a scrappy comeback in the second.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
Baylor’s scrappy play and rebounding ability stood out most to USC guard McKenzie Forbes when asked Friday about her impressions of the Bears.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
While this oddball epic about a rag-tag group of pre-teens came out almost 20 years after The Goonies (1985), the films share similar, scrappy vibes — tall tales of old-school style adventure, shot in a naturalistic style that lets the kids' personalities shine.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
At a time when Hollywood and scrappy filmmakers alike are stressing over how to get butts into seats, Cheslik and Tews are counting on a live make-believe beaver fight — a marketing gimmick dressed like a vaudeville act — to sell their movie.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
The small plane hovers low above the scrappy forest canopy, with rivers below colored a murky yellow due to mining waste.
—Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2024
Much like in Arthur the King, which delves into the deep bond between pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) and a scrappy street dog (played by Ukai, an Australian shepherd-Border collie-Bouvier mix), Liu and Chopa's journey back home wasn't easy.
—Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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