devil-may-care

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The lime-green background and blurry typography on the cover of her sixth album, “Brat,” quickly became internet shorthand for the season’s pursuit of devil-may-care indulgence and personal adventure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

For her, Gary constructs Ron, a dashing, swaggering fellow with devil-may-care insouciance and a hint of real danger.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

Empathize with those who aren’t seeing better tidings despite his administration’s sunny, devil-may-care outlook.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024

“It was this wash of devil-may-care, it’s-exciting-to-push-boundaries-or-just-have-no-boundaries, and women were less than,” Shaparak Khorsandi, an early peer of Brand’s on the comedy circuit, told me of the era that made him.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Johnny looked like a handsome, devil-may-care Irish boy instead of the husband of a scrubwoman and the father of two children who were always hungry.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith