both movie critics are real scrappers, so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated
Recent Examples on the WebBut this story of Notre Dame scrapper Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) is the tale of every untalented kid who had a dream and wouldn’t give up.—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024 McCrimmon’s Fanny, by contrast, has the hectic air of a jobbing performer, a scrapper more than a sure thing, one who learned to talk as fast as humanly possible before the door slams in her face.—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024 About the only promising thing that happened in this period (aside from the establishment of the foundation that’s been keeping it from the scrappers all these years) was that one of those owners stripped the interiors to get all the asbestos out.—Brittany Murray/medianews Group/long Beach Press-Telegram Via Getty Images, Curbed, 19 Jan. 2024 The Warriors still have herky-jerk players, role guys who can do the little things right, scrappers, and spot-up shooters.—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scrapper
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