as in rascal
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Noun
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Alex has two choices: Linger at Union Station and see what rascals cross her path, or take up an invitation to join her British guardian angels at their home in Winnetka.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025 -
After their car is stolen, the group of rascals must resort to some hilarious hijinks to get past the finish line.—
Kara Nesvig,
Parents,
12 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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At the train station where Delta Slim performs, the rapscallion Stack reunites, uneasily, with old flame Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), who has been waiting a little too long for the charming dog who ditched her.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Born on Christmas in 1899, Bogart was a rapscallion from the jump despite being born into a fairly well-off family.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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But another factor was the explosion of urchin populations.—
Byrd Pinkerton,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Harry goes searching for Seraphina and Brendan, who've gone rogue.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Those questions lead this rogue’s gallery of characters — whose frequent disagreements supply much of film’s clever humor — to join up with an audience favorite, the bearish Red Guardian (David Harbour, chewing up the part like a pro).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The women screamed as the playful monkey swept in and struck his pose.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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This is why she’s been able to hold the screen with Mullally and that monkey, by the way, the former playing her father Eli’s new romantic interest, Lori, and the latter as BJ’s new service animal after a fall from a stripper pole resulted in a spinal-cord injury.—
Brian Grubb,
Vulture,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Within a week, a woman living on E. 130th St. reported hearing an infant wailing in an apartment occupied by a young widow, Carmela Marzano.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2025
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Trinity County authorities continued search and rescue operations Friday for the body of an infant who was swept away from his father’s arms after their four-door sedan veered off the highway and into the Trinity River.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Noun
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And Dot — well, Dot keeps an imp in an old wine bottle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2025
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Combining animation and live action, the film continues the adventures of the magical imp Pumuckl.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2025
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