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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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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
The Disruptor Who Kept Disrupting Himself Hastings, by contrast, was a scrappy and visionary disruptor.
—Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Named for Gary Webb, an investigative journalist who reported on an alleged CIA drug trafficking operation, WEBB invites users to imagine themselves as scrappy open-source intelligence researchers.
—Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Heinicke had a way of doing that on the field as a scrappy, overachieving underdog.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
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Adjective
One agency partner notes that Reynolds could regain good will and cred by doing something leaner and scrappier as his next movie rather than a big studio production.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2026
The Disruptor Who Kept Disrupting Himself Hastings, by contrast, was a scrappy and visionary disruptor.
—Paul Hardart, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Named for Gary Webb, an investigative journalist who reported on an alleged CIA drug trafficking operation, WEBB invites users to imagine themselves as scrappy open-source intelligence researchers.
—Matthew N. Hannah, The Conversation, 8 May 2026
Heinicke had a way of doing that on the field as a scrappy, overachieving underdog.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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