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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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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
From those first scrappy sessions grew a full LGBTQ+ league, teams entering competition, a new name — Charlotte Pride FC — and, eventually, federal nonprofit status, with the pro-bono help of Lee Robertson, the managing partner of Robertson & Associates in Charlotte, Stark said.
—Evan Moore
november 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The film follows Lucy, a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with one of her clients, an investment banker (Pascal), and her ex (Evans), a scrappy, struggling actor.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Co-written by Jacobs and the late Avram Nobel Ludwig, this scrappy indie hits on important political themes at a critical time for immigrants in the United States.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Later in the first, that trio had a scrappy shift in front of the Islanders’ crease, which ended with Yurov finding a gap in the armor for his second career goal.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 8 Nov. 2025
From those first scrappy sessions grew a full LGBTQ+ league, teams entering competition, a new name — Charlotte Pride FC — and, eventually, federal nonprofit status, with the pro-bono help of Lee Robertson, the managing partner of Robertson & Associates in Charlotte, Stark said.
—Evan Moore
november 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
The film follows Lucy, a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker who finds herself in a love triangle with one of her clients, an investment banker (Pascal), and her ex (Evans), a scrappy, struggling actor.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Co-written by Jacobs and the late Avram Nobel Ludwig, this scrappy indie hits on important political themes at a critical time for immigrants in the United States.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for scrappy
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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