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The first two-thirds of the Detroit rapper’s new album is a broadside of in-your-face shock rap, with an occasional old-school feel that revives the vocal mannerisms and mean streak of his Slim Shady persona.
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024
The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Dot’s on the run from Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), a county sheriff with a mean streak.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
One, that Stewart’s very un-Hollywood lack of a mean streak is nonetheless hard-won, the result of a long, painful process of forgiving both himself and his father—in other words, of dealing with his own daddy issues.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
As a boy, Larry McMurtry rode Polecat, a Shetland pony with a mean streak and a habit of dragging him through mesquite thickets.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
The Wolverines have depth, experience and a mean streak to combat OSU, Penn State and the rest of the Big Ten before taking on and defeating the best of the SEC in January.
—USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
When the going gets tough, Bud can draw down on a mean streak a mile wide to push him across the finish line.
—Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
The burly Lucic, 35, is slow afoot but still has a fearsome mean streak, one that has led to 1,299 career penalty minutes.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
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Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024
The one saving grace of this mercenary gorefest is its pronounced mean streak; not even adorable moppets are safe from the movie’s nasty, messy, indiscriminate bloodlust, which makes the inexplicable decision to release the movie on Christmas Day even funnier.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024
Dot’s on the run from Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), a county sheriff with a mean streak.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
One, that Stewart’s very un-Hollywood lack of a mean streak is nonetheless hard-won, the result of a long, painful process of forgiving both himself and his father—in other words, of dealing with his own daddy issues.
—WIRED, 3 Oct. 2023
As a boy, Larry McMurtry rode Polecat, a Shetland pony with a mean streak and a habit of dragging him through mesquite thickets.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
The Wolverines have depth, experience and a mean streak to combat OSU, Penn State and the rest of the Big Ten before taking on and defeating the best of the SEC in January.
—USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
When the going gets tough, Bud can draw down on a mean streak a mile wide to push him across the finish line.
—Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
The burly Lucic, 35, is slow afoot but still has a fearsome mean streak, one that has led to 1,299 career penalty minutes.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
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“Mean streak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mean%20streak. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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