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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