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Recent Examples of rascal Till then, the always-in-hot-water antics of CIA attorney/reluctant spy Owen Hendricks (Centineo) keep us engaged and curious over how the troublemaking rascal is going to get out of another mess he’s made. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals. Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024 Eventually, Sergei — now going by Kraven — begins knocking off a growing list of poachers, corporate rascals and international kingpins. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024 Yep, this little rascal figured out how to twist and press the hose to interrupt Mary’s shower time. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rascal
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Noun
  • While Violet is a doting mom, other monkeys in the troop also are helping keep an eye on the new addition, zoo officials said.
    Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Just then, the view changes to reveal a terrified monkey restrained in a similar fashion.
    Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Children meet superheroes and villains, engage with games and movies, and are greeted by staff in costume.
    Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The soul patch, villain, and walrus facial hair all work with masks while mutton chops and chin curtain don’t.
    Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fire crackling in Burt’s (Christopher Walken) dining room, framing his face like a devil.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Wooly devil grows near drought-tolerant plants, including ocotillo, hedgehog cactus and creosote.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Slinging a sports coat over his pajamas, Long pulls up to a curb and finds Tay (Dustin Nguyen), the Vietnamese speaker, plus two silent brutes, Eddie (Phi Vu) and Aden (Dali Benssalah), who muscle into his car and take over everything: the seating arrangements, the air freshener and their driver.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Natalie and a real-estate agent named Dawn (Danielle Brooks), in search of the missing Henry, make their way to the Overworld, too, and the four team up with Steve in a painfully generic adventure to fight off monsters, find another Crystal, save the Overworld (and Dennis), and get back home.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The space monsters are also entirely terrifying, gestating inside young suns to hideously emerge as massive space insects.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Often regarded by historians as a collection of savage tribes, the Scythians emerge as a pivotal force of the ancient world in this monumental history.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Nearly 32 years ago, Rodney King’s savage beating by police in Los Angeles prompted heartfelt calls for change.
    Aaron Morrison, Claudia Lauer and Adrian Sainz, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Learning of such proactivity reminds me of how cutting-edge cybersecurity firms now use AI to go on the offensive against criminals.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • This exemption obligates the IRS to assist law enforcement in the pursuit of criminals and will be used against any migrant who has overstayed for more than 90 days as part of the carveout.
    Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This painting becomes the center of a scheme to weaken Cosimo’s reputation, and Benvenuto Cellini, sculptor, goldsmith and all-around scoundrel, is hired to steal it — a choice that leads to some of the most hilarious high jinks in the book.
    Chelsea Leu, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Yet too many Democrats are reacting as though Musk himself is the scoundrel.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Rascal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rascal. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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