badass
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Enough time has passed between the prequels and the present that Anakin can be presented as a brooding badass.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
The University of Cambridge graduate proclaimed to all young girls watching on BBC TV: "You can be an academic badass and a track goddess."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
It’s 1981, and Quatro, a pint-sized, leather-clad, four-string-plucking badass, may be the first to feature lipstick in a music video.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
Just for a moment, I wanted to join the badass gang that made subversive movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“That’d be kind of badass, though, don’t you think?”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
You get a bunch of badasses together in a room, it’s OK to open up and lean into each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
“That’s the thing about being a Raider, they’re badasses on the field, but they’re kittens off the field.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
They’re all badasses and we’re each other’s listening board.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
Who better to portray godlike aliens, aerial crime-stoppers and lethally elegant badasses than dancers?
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2020
And of course, the kids—some adorable, and some badasses.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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