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frisky

[fris-kee] / ˈfrɪs ki /


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On Thursday’s opening mountain stage, a frisky Pogacar ripped away from an elite selection of contenders and put more than 2 ½ minutes into his nearest rival.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

High-end and low-end customers alike adored his frisky, unpredictable spirit — both on and off the runway.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

The S&P 500 is up a frisky 15% so far this year.

From Barron's Oct. 10, 2025

Her son Ajit, just beginning to walk, was full of life: frisky, restless, and curious about the world.

From BBC Jan. 26, 2025

His nieces had signed their names in different-colored ink, frisky and naïve.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Anitta came up as a choir girl in the church she attended with her maternal grandparents, but funk carioca, Brazil’s friskier, rhythmic approach to hip-hop, had captivated the singer from a young age.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2022

In June, Simon will release his thirteenth solo album, “Stranger to Stranger,” which is friskier and funnier than its recent predecessors—his most danceable music in decades.

From The New Yorker May 9, 2016

Yet if Osborne seems already to have decided what the commission's conclusions should be, its members have looked friskier.

From The Guardian May 22, 2013

But these individuals are a bit friskier than most.

From New York Times Jul. 27, 2012

In friskier moods, she performed lazy pirouettes, as though to the accompaniment of my own music box, which I always brought to the roof to keep me company.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Netflix promises the documentary will feature the cats' "finest and friskiest moments," so ailurophiles — you're in for a treat.

From Salon Jun. 5, 2021

He chewed the ears off a squeaky pink stuffed rabbit and now parades around the house with its earless body whenever he’s at his friskiest.

From Washington Post Jan. 31, 2021

These are the ones families often pick from a litter because they stand out as the brightest and friskiest.

From National Geographic Jan. 6, 2021

Among the friskiest selections are “Arboretum,” by Tony Williams, and “Zoot Suite,” by Jack DeJohnette; among the more plaintive are Ed Blackwell’s “Togo” and Paul Motian’s “It Should’ve Happened a Long Time Ago.”

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2010

"And I'll tell you how this same lady induced me to put on those foolish togs and hire the friskiest horse at Clayton's," further volunteered Shirley.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith




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