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Noun
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Luckily, on one dive, I was accompanied by Stephanie Mutz, a commercial fisherman with an expertise in urchin harvesting.—
Jaime Lowe,
New York Times,
26 Sep. 2024 -
The foreign urchins also need play rooms, with free toys and games.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2024
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Chalamet is just 29 — a whippersnapper in AARP terms.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
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The Jets were young whippersnappers in 2022, a team that wasn’t supposed to be any good but jumped out to a 6-3 record powered by a remarkable rookie class.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
The Athletic,
22 Dec. 2024
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Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
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The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.—
Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2019
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Liliane Montevecchi, a glittering French gamin who became a cabaret star in Paris, a pal of Marlon Brando’s in Hollywood, and the Tony Award-winning ‘‘muse’’ of director Tommy Tune on Broadway, died June 29 at her home in Manhattan.—
Washington Post,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2018
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Thirty-six percent of adolescents were overweight in 2022, according to data from the California Health Interview Survey at UCLA.—
Teri Sforza,
Orange County Register,
12 Feb. 2025
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The study did not look at surgeries among transgender adolescents.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
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So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Oct. 2024
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The eldest of the juveniles admitted to voluntary manslaughter and home invasion robbery at a hearing in April 2023.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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The second juvenile, Spencer said, was in custody in Harris County on Wednesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bentaleb, a native of Lille who spent time at the club’s academy as a youngster before joining them permanently in 2023, has also played for German club Schalke and has 52 caps for Algeria, playing in the 2014 World Cup.—
Sam Joseph,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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At some point, the ideologies must combine — youngsters with little to no pro experience need more first-team minutes.—
Braidon Nourse,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Hobbledehoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbledehoy. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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