plucky
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Each one has her singular presence — Trachtenberg plucky and inspiring; Panettiere charming and bold — but together, they’re beautiful complements.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
More recently, it has also experienced impacts from the plucky little probes and landers that Earthbound space agencies have sent hurtling its way.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Deutch is perfect casting for plucky Gail, who commits to bagging Hamm with such gumption that she jumps on a hotel mattress like a little kid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
They’re all here, and they have as much overconfident swagger as a plucky young star on the Disney Channel.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Slow Club is playing, a band I like, all plucky and bittersweet and kind of offbeat.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
When the older animal approached again, one of the pluckier cubs took a cue from its high-ranking mom and stood tall, trying its best to look intimidating.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 8, 2024
Maybe if local papers were pluckier and more assertive about advocating for the people in their communities, those people would be more willing to pay.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2020
It piles on chance encounters, strange resemblance, a secret society and clever heroines such as Jane Austen crafted 40 years before, but even pluckier and less conventional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
Yet Callis has overcome this obstacle by doing what any savvy politician must do when in need of a pluckier yarn: She borrows from her parents and grandparents.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2014
She was pluckier than he had imagined and was obviously sincere, since she did not know Jim would be rich, but he doubted if she could keep it up.
From Partners of the Out-Trail by Harold Bindloss
And yet, with a wider view, the Bills remain the pluckiest of NFL underdogs.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2022
Celina Smith is the world’s pluckiest orphan and Taraji P. Henson is the scheming Miss Hannigan in “Annie Live!”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
It's edge-of-the-seat stuff from the off, and when the pluckiest reach the ocean, you'll be punching the air.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
Heck, even the dewiest, pluckiest ingénue would have a hard time staying fresh once she became an endlessly re-marketable brand name.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2012
Yet there are times when even the pluckiest among us fail to follow this sage advice.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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