enfant terrible

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With each successive effort, he’s gotten closer to answering the question: What happens when an enfant terrible grows up?

From Washington Post

And he has been the subject of pieces like this one — scolding profiles of the journalist enfant terrible and New York media scenester — for decades.

From New York Times

He was equal parts éminence grise and enfant terrible — an intellectual éminence terrible.

From New York Times

Fuku’s original location in the East Village was chef and enfant terrible David Chang’s attempt to enter the fast-casual fried chicken market — and reclaim a few racist stereotypes.

From Washington Post

Intercutting moments from the speaking gigs Hoffman performed on campuses throughout the trial, Sorkin reveals someone far more thoughtful and widely read than the somewhat frightening frizzy-haired enfant terrible of public memory.

From Washington Post