naughty
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"Naughty boys do naughty things, and in his older age he did the right thing," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Naughty or nice, you could find a pink slip in your stocking this season.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Lisa Miller, Amanda Walker and Mandy Jackson were among several people left either partly or completely unpaid after staffing the Naughty Elf Trail at the Winter Wonderland event, in Sunderland, in December.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025
Even when Druckmann went to work at Naughty Dog, Sony’s acclaimed Santa Monica-based video game studio, he didn’t suggest it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2024
Rodney chuckled and added: “Definitely not encouraged. Naughty naughty to go and visit him.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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