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Noun
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The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.—
Byrd Pinkerton,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025 -
Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society. London, England June 1895 Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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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
Noun
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Only 61 percent of adolescents are up to date on all HPV vaccines.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2025
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For the first time since 2019 strikingly there were fatal overdose reports in adolescents between the ages of 10-14.—
Dr. Yifrah Kaminer,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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There, officers found more than 100 juveniles, many ages 13 to 17, many of whom were consuming alcohol that was later learned to be available in coolers at the residence, police said.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Two juveniles fled the vehicle on foot and were apprehended after a brief foot pursuit, Boisvert said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts is watching the youngster’s progress.—
Chuck Murr,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Rucci is a youngster who impressed as an undrafted rookie last camp, and will get a continued look during the offseason program.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Hobbledehoy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hobbledehoy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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