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In a time when unemployment is on the rise and the rich are running amok and wreaking havoc on the poor — and the social services in place to support them — who doesn’t love the idea of rogue rascals sticking it to a bougie institution by running off with its crown jewels?—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
12 Nov. 2025 -
The hilarious hijinks that ensue are centered on a rugby-playing rascal whose initial interests in pulling chicks and working get-rich-quick schemes give way to a lifelong love of writing poetry in the post-Soviet-occupation era of the 1990s.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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And Markey has defeated whippersnapper-type political foes before.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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The reasons for the show’s appeal are manifold, starting with the odd-trio chemistry of the three leads (Short, plus his longtime co-conspirator Steve Martin and relative whippersnapper Selena Gomez).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
8 Aug. 2025
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Gods of Egypt is actually told from the point of view of a young rapscallion named Bek, played by Brenton Thwaites.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Actual: When two rapscallion owners work together to stack a team with their best players, usually when one of the rat-bastards has been eliminated from the playoffs.—
Bill Reinhard,
New York Daily News,
3 Aug. 2025
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With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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As Wilford Brimley, Glenn Close and an urchin in a newsboy’s cap look on and the music begins to swell, Roy Hobbs sends that last pitch screaming into the rightfield lights—which triggers a chain reaction of cinematic explosions.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Installing strong antivirus software adds real-time protection against phishing, unsafe links, and rogue apps.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the details include a rogue’s gallery of characters who together underscore the whack-a-mole challenge of combating money laundering.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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On Monday, the Prairie Village City Council voted to adopt a conditional license for Oakley Reign — a spider monkey that’s recently been ushered into the spotlight as the northeast Johnson County city considered changing its definition of dangerous wild animals to include all monkeys.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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Spot striking tropical flowers, colorful birds, and perhaps even a monkey in the forest canopy around the cascades.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia revealed on social media that his infant daughter Sterling died in the final week of October.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Heather Miller, the former child care worker accused of felony child abuse involving three infants at The Lawrence School in Waukesha, will serve 15 years in prison and another seven on extended supervision.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest-stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
27 Oct. 2025
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It’s believed that the 13th-century castle is haunted by a magical imp who frequently visits the Markomanka and Hlíza, or black, towers.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Jackanapes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jackanapes. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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