naughty
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Another surprise is the UK being taken off the bond markets' naughty step, and instead being named model pupil by the IMF.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Cities out of compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency could get off that naughty list, and urban residents would no longer need annual inspections on their car emission systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Romantic, criminal and naughty hijinks ensue and bonds are tested — and ultimately reinforced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
With Atkinson also on the naughty step, Robinson injured and Smith on paternity leave it means five changes.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
He knew he was going to be naughty.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
While Holland is a bit youthful for the role, he’s in a fun zone as a naughtier, zippier version of his Queens-born city kid Peter Parker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Amundeep admits she was the naughtier of the pair.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2015
Her naughtier subjects have a wistful side, as well.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2014
He thinks, wrongly, that they are naughtier than other children, and I feel defensive that he's criticizing the way I’m raising them.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2012
And I was way naughtier than either of my cousins.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The naughtiest Magnificent Seven stock is clearly Tesla.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
Johnson claimed he had been asked to say what was the naughtiest thing he was prepared to admit, rather than the naughtiest thing he had ever done.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 8, 2019
When she was running for office, asked what was the naughtiest thing she did in her youth, May, a vicar’s daughter, answered that she once ran through a farmer’s field of wheat.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
Last year, she told an interviewer that the naughtiest thing she did as a child was to “run through fields of wheat.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
He knew that he was the naughtiest cub in the litter.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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