pluckier; pluckiest
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And yet, on Saturday, five years since he was ostracized at Juventus, Can will lead Borussia Dortmund — the fifth-best team in Germany, the closest thing elite European soccer will get to a ragtag bunch of plucky hopefuls — onto the grass at Wembley for the Champions League final.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Last year, the plucky Orioles broke out of their rebuild to become playoff contenders but cracked under the bright lights of the postseason.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
Where to watch: The CW, Amazon Prime Sanditon Based on Jane Austen’s final unfinished novel of the same name, Sanditon has all the author’s requisite traits: a plucky heroine, a bevy of handsome suitors, and plenty of Regency-era drama.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
Elon Musk’s company, which went from plucky startup to the dominant force in commercial space transport, showed diagrams of its two spaceship types, the Dragon and much larger Starship, also noting four possible missions.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Last year, the plucky Orioles broke out of their rebuild to become playoff contenders but cracked under the bright lights of the postseason.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
Where to watch: The CW, Amazon Prime Sanditon Based on Jane Austen’s final unfinished novel of the same name, Sanditon has all the author’s requisite traits: a plucky heroine, a bevy of handsome suitors, and plenty of Regency-era drama.
—Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
Elon Musk’s company, which went from plucky startup to the dominant force in commercial space transport, showed diagrams of its two spaceship types, the Dragon and much larger Starship, also noting four possible missions.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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