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Adjective (2)
she was a scrappy girl despite—or, perhaps, because of—her small size
a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything
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Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Montreal had 10 power plays — scoring on two of them — in a feisty and scrappy home opener that wasn’t decided until Kaiden Guhle’s shot through heavy traffic beat Spencer Knight with 15 seconds left in the game.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
While searching for her first dog, Joelle Andres saw a photo of a scrappy-looking rat terrier on a pet adoption site and was immediately drawn to his face.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
At the bottom, scrappy individuals still chase ideas.
—Roman Axelrod, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Now, 50 years after their breakup, the Raspberries still count as scrappy underdogs, at least in the eyes of the cultists who keep the band’s legend alive.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Montreal had 10 power plays — scoring on two of them — in a feisty and scrappy home opener that wasn’t decided until Kaiden Guhle’s shot through heavy traffic beat Spencer Knight with 15 seconds left in the game.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
While searching for her first dog, Joelle Andres saw a photo of a scrappy-looking rat terrier on a pet adoption site and was immediately drawn to his face.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
At the bottom, scrappy individuals still chase ideas.
—Roman Axelrod, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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