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He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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Who in their right mind is going to tear open one of these bad boys?
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Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Why 1963 established The Rolling Stones’ bad boy image.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Ellison kept fighting, becoming a bigger, richer, older bad boy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
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Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
Rex Reed, the film critic and author whose pithy reviews and provocative Hollywood interviews established him as a bad boy of entertainment journalism, died Tuesday morning, his rep told The Hollywood Reporter.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
Why 1963 established The Rolling Stones’ bad boy image.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
Ellison kept fighting, becoming a bigger, richer, older bad boy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for bad boy
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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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