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Adjective
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Even worse, Sam finds out the troublesome critic is now her new neighbor!—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Weeds In the fall, weeds are often more troublesome than insect pests.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Youngest children are often seen as the bratty, fun-loving, freewheeling siblings who get away with everything.—
Alexandra Koster,
Refinery29,
11 Sep. 2025
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Every character exists as every version of themselves at once, both bratty teen and exhausted adult.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Seider popped early in his career, making Detroit’s roster as a 20-year-old and showing a mix of offensive production, defensive tools that outran some dodgy five-on-five results and a rare-for-its-time mean streak.—
The Athletic NHL,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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But three games into the 2025 season, the team hasn’t been the offensive juggernaut that fans have become used to.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Amid violently bizarre practices and visually upsetting situations, Cam finally sees a bigger picture.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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But perhaps even more upsetting was that Issa stayed with him in the finale, a plot point show creator Issa Rae says doesn't sit well with fans to this day.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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An 1856 drawing of a popular San Francisco saloon known as the Cobweb Palace depicts a crowd of humans joined by two dogs, a pig, a parrot, and six monkeys—at least two of whom seem to be doing mischievous battle with men in the crowd.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Sep. 2025
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Behind the decks, a mischievous, trigger-happy DJ Próvaí occasionally came in a beat too early, adding an air of levity to the occasion.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Below, see some of the most infuriating, heartbreaking and unforgettable love triangles to come across our televisions.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
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To make Jonah's deadly double-cross even more infuriating to D'Arcy, there's a real-life connection.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The album is a hot mess of conflicted emotions, empty braggadocio, poor technique, and heartbreaking yet tiresome crying jags.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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The same goes for the other bells and whistles of Pynchon’s style; even a seventy-million-trick pony is still a trick pony, and much of what once seemed clever in his canon now seems tiresome.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Brattish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brattish. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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