desperado
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Still, with his chest-hugging T-shirt and rugged handsomeness, Mr. Bernthal recalls John Travolta in his early prime rather than the sweaty, disheveled but endearing desperado memorably created by Mr. Pacino.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Instead of lawn or little potted palms around the pool, there are oversize stands of desperado sage, a fragrant hybrid between white sage and purple sage, growing so untamed they’re nearly spilling into the pool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
He’s an oddly upper-class desperado, like Townes Van Zandt.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
“He certainly is not a negro desperado, but an intelligent gentleman, whose appearance speaks for him,” she wrote.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2022
“Just fine,” she said, and wondered who else in Maycomb still remembered Scout Finch, juvenile desperado, hell- raiser extraordinary.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
Qf6, and no amount of desperadoes can deflect White’s mating attack.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
“It’s telling our history, about citrus wars, about Chicano murals, about the Black Panther Party, about desperadoes — all of those stories.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2017
His experience pursuing desperadoes and fugitives—and once being a fugitive himself—allowed Hester to think like his prey.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2016
Hannah Verdier As previous editions of this show have demonstrated, shoplifting is a widespread phenomenon: a very British crime, not just confined to hardcore desperadoes.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2013
People realized that anything could be expected from a mob of undisciplined desperadoes.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The Special Operations Division of the DEA often goes overseas to capture desperados with elaborate undercover stings.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2022
You’ve turned some of the state’s women into desperados.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2022
Either way, this is an easy watch, especially with a glass of wine, a bowl of crisps, looking at these ripped desperados, and asking yourself, “Who’s really winning?”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 8, 2020
After an infield single by Carlos Correa loaded the bases for rookie slugger Yordan Álvarez, this looked like a horrid night for desperados, even in Nats gear.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2019
Enter the gang of desperados, male and female.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 by Various
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