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Noun
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Their big-brother/little-brother vibe is more affecting than the relationship between siblings Natalie and Henry, typical Hollywood urchins whose brave action-movie routines are exceptional only for their cubistic, pillowy environs.—
Armond White,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025 -
These urchins now persist in a dormant state, waiting for new kelp to appear.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Now please don’t get the whippersnappers in the GTW offices wrong.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2025
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Like his character, his powers haven’t dimmed with age, whatever the whippersnappers might think, and if both have made a few bad decisions in a long career, not even Superman is perfect anymore.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Seeing my friend so comfortable in comfort, my old guttersnipe buddy who’d once lived for years in actual squalor, felt odd.—
Lauren Groff,
The Atlantic,
28 Sep. 2024
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Our point-of-entry into the world of competitive bloodsport is Tenax (Iwan Rheon, better than the inconsistent writing), a former guttersnipe who has risen to control a wildly successful gambling concern tied to the chariot races in the Circus Maximus.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
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The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.—
Ben Brantley,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2019
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Liliane Montevecchi, a glittering French gamin who became a cabaret star in Paris, a pal of Marlon Brando’s in Hollywood, and the Tony Award-winning ‘‘muse’’ of director Tommy Tune on Broadway, died June 29 at her home in Manhattan.—
Washington Post,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2018
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First, governments could consider warning labels for ultra-processed and red meat products and restrict marketing junk food to children and adolescents.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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The collectives are able to pull adolescents into their orbit by first establishing contact on public platforms, according to an April report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canada’s national police force.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 May 2025
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The Girl with the Needle portrays that girl as a blonde moppet named Erena (Avo Knox Martin) to whom Karoline becomes a surrogate mother.—
Esther Zuckerman,
TIME,
6 Dec. 2024
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So sometimes Poppa’s House wants to focus on different generational views on child-rearing, since Junior and Nina have a pair of cute moppets.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Oct. 2024
Noun
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The juveniles have also been charged with murder, attempted armed robbery and second-degree burglary, but in Department of Juvenile Justice petitions.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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The juvenile was transported to Norwalk Hospital for treatment.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
15 May 2025
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The youngster brushed off San Siro heartbreak suffered midweek against Inter Milan in the Champions League semifinals, and was in top form against Carlo Ancelotti’s men for a tie that could essentially scoop La Liga this term.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Denise Alexander, who performed in thousands of radio episodes and on The Twilight Zone as a youngster before starring in two long stints as Dr. Lesley Webber on General Hospital, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2025
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“Hobbledehoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbledehoy. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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