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unruly

[uhn-roo-lee] / ʌnˈru li /


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But there’s affection in Jean’s moralizing, as he brings out his own comb to run it through Berenger’s unruly hair—where it gets stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

“Liveforever” remains an unforgettable ode to unruly youth, and one of the greatest novels in Latin American history.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

We scroll through videos starring unruly passengers or mangled bags, and read about the last resting place for lost luggage.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

As a general rule, the individual components of quantum machines become increasingly unruly as they grow larger, causing error rates to spike.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Horatio seized his head in his hands, making his red curls wild and unruly.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

If you like hockey but wish it was slower, unrulier and hot doggier, boy do I have a solution for you.

From Seattle Times Feb. 21, 2024

“It’s become clear over the past two summers that these crowds will only grow larger and unrulier unless something changes.”

From Seattle Times Jun. 29, 2023

In a good year, though — and this is one — the event can feel like the unrulier, at times more adventurous younger sibling of the New York Film Festival.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2022

This year, Miley Cyrus will host NBC’s New Year’s coverage with the “Saturday Night Live” star Pete Davidson, bringing a younger, unrulier energy to a gig that has been held by Carson Daly since 2004.

From New York Times Dec. 30, 2021

But avoiding the unrulier parts of town has proved impossible, says Kirsten Knight, who has been in charge of housing the thousands of G20 delegates coming to Hamburg this week.

From Time Jul. 6, 2017

The good news is Freiman has written one of the funniest and unruliest novels in ages.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2023

But this is that rare movie that transcends its role as pure entertainment to become something genuinely cathartic, even therapeutic, giving children a symbolic language with which to manage their unruliest emotions.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2015

Now, with the once-predictable monsoon becoming a wild card, one of the unruliest rivers in the world is growing increasingly tempestuous.

From New York Times Jan. 23, 2013

Last week, graying but as kinetic as ever at 47, Mayor Lindsay asked New Yorkers to give him four more years to try to bring the nation's unruliest city under control.

From Time Magazine Archive

She sits in her breeches—the unruliest baggage in Gloucestershire," cried Eldershawe, "and complains that fine ladies are not decent.

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett




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