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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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Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The scrappy distributor is betting that the floodgates opened by Bong Joon Ho’s 2020 triumph have permanently changed the Academy’s appetite for global stories.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
But when Neon bought the film just before its world premiere — and later injected roughly $1 million into reshoots that don’t improve the story much — Stuckmann’s scrappy underdog became a mainstream Frankenstein’s monster some horror fans earnestly wanted to watch fail.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
His films are also low-budget, scrappy productions, which appeals to Chastain.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The hosts, after ceding control of Game 1, pressed Miami and made the match scrappy.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
The scrappy distributor is betting that the floodgates opened by Bong Joon Ho’s 2020 triumph have permanently changed the Academy’s appetite for global stories.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
But when Neon bought the film just before its world premiere — and later injected roughly $1 million into reshoots that don’t improve the story much — Stuckmann’s scrappy underdog became a mainstream Frankenstein’s monster some horror fans earnestly wanted to watch fail.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
His films are also low-budget, scrappy productions, which appeals to Chastain.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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