scrappy
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Comfortable and on top until Johan Manzambi's scrappy opener for the visitors - while Spurs were temporarily down to 10 men as Micky van de Ven had treatment - they never recovered.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
McKeen recalled how he and other farmers at the time would pitch restaurants on serving fresh oysters, while simultaneously developing a scrappy style of aquaculture to propagate them in the Damariscotta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Thankfully, public outcry and a scrappy indie distributor saved “Coyote vs. Acme” from oblivion after Warner Bros. allowed its makers to shop the movie around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Their scrappy determination helped convince family members, neighbors and eventually the rest of the country that the Constitution’s guarantees of liberty and equality applied to same-sex couples.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
“There’s nothing to be scared of, Nate. You're small and scrappy and can get out of any situation the world throws at you.”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
I made a slightly scrappier version based on what I had around.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Smaller, scrappier fairs like Post-Fair and Felix are joined by newcomer Enzo, providing art lovers with plenty of opportunities to discover new art at a variety of price points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
Ostapenko broke Swiatek's serve three times to take the first set but was scrappier in the second, allowing Swiatek to level the match.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
He was red-haired, ferret-eyed, and an excellent scout, but scrappier and more inarticulate in his manner of speech than any human being I had ever encountered.
From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Grant Allen
This is the probably the scrappiest I had to be since "Colma: The Musical."
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
It was a long week of matches, featuring some of the scrappiest Overwatch I’ve seen this season.
From The Verge ● Jul. 25, 2022
The resignations and cuts are a major setback for BuzzFeed News, one of the scrappiest and most successful digital news operations in the country.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
Happy birthday to @frankthorp, one of the scrappiest on the Hill.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2018
Some of them are exquisite, many are large, and even the scrappiest have an artful understanding, in the interest of colour, with the waterways that edge their foundations.
From Italian Hours by Henry James
