pluckier; pluckiest
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While a double-digit seed in the Sweet 16 is nothing to scoff at, the Longhorns are hardly a plucky underdog given their track record as a program this century.
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Serve this plucky spritz to a crowd of pals.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
That 2019 horror comedy starred Samara Weaving as plucky Grace, marrying into old money because of love.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
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Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Mar. 2026
Serve this plucky spritz to a crowd of pals.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 20 Mar. 2026
That 2019 horror comedy starred Samara Weaving as plucky Grace, marrying into old money because of love.
—Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
This book gives a fictionalized account of how a plucky young boy brought that iconic tradition into existence during the 1930s.
—Libby Monteith Minor, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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