scrappy
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Their scrappy determination helped convince family members, neighbors and eventually the rest of the country that the Constitution’s guarantees of liberty and equality applied to same-sex couples.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
The L.A. dance scene is known for being scrappy, but the latest closures make every moment in the studio and on stage even more precarious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
His scrappy, mostly lost first feature, “Firelight,” was about pursuing alien life to prove that the impossible is very much possible.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Fast facts: Dominic Sessa of “The Holdovers” plays a young, obnoxious and scrappy Anthony Bourdain, the chef-turned-TV-star who died in 2018, in this biopic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Meanwhile, inside the barn, the scrappy young puppy, Tater, is leashed to a post.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
I made a slightly scrappier version based on what I had around.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
Verizon needs to become scrappier and less bureaucratic, Schulman said at a WSJ Leadership Institute event this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Ostapenko broke Swiatek's serve three times to take the first set but was scrappier in the second, allowing Swiatek to level the match.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
The scrappier corners of the avant-garde are no longer off limits to the mainstream press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
He was red-haired, ferret-eyed, and an excellent scout, but scrappier and more inarticulate in his manner of speech than any human being I had ever encountered.
From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Grant Allen
This is the probably the scrappiest I had to be since "Colma: The Musical."
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023
Based on Daniel James Brown’s bestselling novel of the same name, “The Boys in the Boat” follows Joe Rantz, who’s perhaps the scrappiest of all his teammates.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
It was a long week of matches, featuring some of the scrappiest Overwatch I’ve seen this season.
From The Verge ● Jul. 25, 2022
But Charlie Brown opted, instead, for the scrappiest of green trees, throwing shade to artifice and commercialism and embracing authenticity and the true spirit of Christmas.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2019
“The scrappiest captain in the army,” says Knudsen.
From At Plattsburg by Allen French
