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Recent Examples of devil-may-care Deadline can reveal a first clip of of the film in which Gloria is first introduced to Saxberger, who is immediately hooked but will come to learn that her flamboyant appearance and devil-may-care front hides a darker side and reality. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025 We’re now obsessed with pirate boots: pretty much any pair with the right alchemy of slouch, weathering, metal accents, and/or devil-may-care attitude. Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 21 Aug. 2025 His sound, his look and his devil-may-care attitude helped forge an enduring template for heavy metal. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025 Once more, Andrea Hall originated the role of Marlena's free-wheeling, trash-talking, devil-may-care look-alike Hattie. Ryan Coleman Updated, EW.com, 21 July 2025 On him, loving those summery black socks pulled up just right to mid-calf, devil-may-care Harvard-dropout-style. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025 Sonny Hayes, played with a devil-may-care attitude by Pitt, lives to drive. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025 What makes Dazed and Confused so pleasurable is its adherence to a devil-may-care freedom just inside the bounds of believability. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 6 June 2025 With devil-may-care attitude, Johnson found joy in every stanza, operating in total synergy with Angus Young. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for devil-may-care
Adjective
  • Warren, in his typically nonchalant fashion, downplayed his early impact in the Colts’ offense.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Faced with punishment from school administrators, Westman appeared alternately nervous and nonchalant, the former employee said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The charges of reckless endangerment of children are because Reed is accused of firing a gun in a parking lot where children were present, North Richland Hills police spokesperson Carissa Katekaru said.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham Hotspur, in contrast, cut one of the most open — stroke reckless — teams the Premier League has encountered, with different intensity levels entirely, shown above.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Handcrafted swings made from local olive wood hang throughout the resort, evoking a sense of innocence and carefree luxury.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cata and her sister Eva (Martina García) are spending a carefree summer at their grandparents’ house in Mallorca when suddenly their beloved grandmother Catalina (Marta Angelat) dies, and their innocent holiday, as well as this movie, takes a tragic turn.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Perfect for long flights, city strolls, or casual dinners, the moisture-wicking fabric is stretchy, breathable, and even offers UPF 40+ sun protection.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Keep it casual in sneakers, or wear it with suede ankle booties to the pumpkin patch.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rounded plastic equipment prevents potential scraps and presumably is meant to prevent daredevil kids from climbing on top of slide tunnels or jungle gym towers.
    Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • When Francis Ford Coppola finally went into production on Megalopolis, the project carried the weight of decades of anticipation and the air of a high-wire act undertaken by a beloved, daredevil octogenarian.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The Sylvias have expressed some reservations about how cavalier Boy Kavalier has been toward the hybrids’ mental and physical health.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Other breeds on the list include Tibetan mastiff, spinone Italiano, cavalier king Charles spniel, Chinese crested, and dogue de Bordeaux, among the most popular.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Outside of health care and social assistance, a sector in which job growth seems to be unaffected by over-all trends, the downturn in hiring extended across large parts of the economy, with fewer than half of all private-sector industries adding jobs last month.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The 2026 visa cap has already been reached, meaning current sponsorships are unaffected.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • More daring vacationers can rent kayaks or hop on a whale-watching excursion, Sunset said.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Glass has become fundamentally linked with Apple’s products and architecture, including its flagship stores’ expensive and daring experiments in architectural uses of glass.
    Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Devil-may-care.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devil-may-care. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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