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Early also stars as Maddie, a plucky dishwasher who leaps to viral superstardom at a trendy food content creation company.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
19 June 2026 Hollywood loves a comedy about a plucky kid and an aging eccentric.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
16 June 2026 Texas Tech morphing from plucky underdog to college football antagonist in less than a season is exactly what the sport needs.—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026 Viewers would see the new Tory top dog as a successor to the heroic age of plucky British polar exploration.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for plucky