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Simrin Singh, CBS News, 4 May 2024
Pain and Brew had no connections to the gaming industry or to developers, so establishing the company felt like a scrappy startup, building custom servers and throwing DIY events, gradually earning the respect of the streaming community.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
Despite a roster replete with talented, scrappy and likable players, New York has not matched the early buzz, for a variety of reasons.
—David Waldstein Mimi D’autremont, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Brown couldn’t help but compare the stellar stopper to Golden State’s own Draymond Green, a scrappy but unheralded defender who carved out an incredible career on high-flying offenses.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Since its raucous entrance into the space industry more than two decades ago, SpaceX has evolved from a scrappy start-up perpetually near death to a dominant behemoth that has continued to upend the market for space launches by achieving one unheard-of milestone after another.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
The name is a metaphor for the scrappy, tenacious unlicensed private detectives at the center of the show: Hank (Donal Logue), the alcoholic ex-cop, and his ex-con best friend Bitt (Michael Raymond-James).
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024
Always a scrappy player, Turner spent his time playing second base in college.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Small-scale producers, on the other hand, must get scrappy.
—Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
Adjective
Born in a crucial time of need at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, this organization began as a scrappy operation — a handful of volunteers, food and toys purchased by the organizers themselves, and a dream to help a community dealing with food insecurity.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 4 May 2024
Pain and Brew had no connections to the gaming industry or to developers, so establishing the company felt like a scrappy startup, building custom servers and throwing DIY events, gradually earning the respect of the streaming community.
—Meaghan Garvey, Billboard, 2 May 2024
Despite a roster replete with talented, scrappy and likable players, New York has not matched the early buzz, for a variety of reasons.
—David Waldstein Mimi D’autremont, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Brown couldn’t help but compare the stellar stopper to Golden State’s own Draymond Green, a scrappy but unheralded defender who carved out an incredible career on high-flying offenses.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024
Since its raucous entrance into the space industry more than two decades ago, SpaceX has evolved from a scrappy start-up perpetually near death to a dominant behemoth that has continued to upend the market for space launches by achieving one unheard-of milestone after another.
—Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
The name is a metaphor for the scrappy, tenacious unlicensed private detectives at the center of the show: Hank (Donal Logue), the alcoholic ex-cop, and his ex-con best friend Bitt (Michael Raymond-James).
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024
Always a scrappy player, Turner spent his time playing second base in college.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Small-scale producers, on the other hand, must get scrappy.
—Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2024
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“Scrappy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrappy. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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