feisty
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What’s more, Mitchell’s film is feisty and unpredictable, always managing to stay one step ahead of the viewer.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
As of Thursday, she was in critical condition and receiving intensive care, though she’d regained some of her feisty energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Broadcaster and former MP Gyles Brandreth, described his long-time friend who he had met at Oxford University in 1967 as "fun" and "feisty even then".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
A feisty audience watches from the balcony or nearby monitors, where the action—and their prediction bets on it—flashes on the screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
She's feisty, and enjoys picking fights, like me.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
These Bruins are deeper, more talented and feistier than the freshman-heavy bunch that finished with a losing record last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Eyssen’s take on Elizabeth, played by Devrim Lingnau in “The Empress,” is feistier, wilder and edgier than Schneider’s.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
When I want something a little feistier and more savory, to quickly layer onto a pizza or lasagna or eggplant parm — especially when I have no time at all — Heidi's is it.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2022
As this series has grown lopsided of late, some bad blood has built, and the game got progressively feistier.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2019
The kid on the other tire looked feistier than her pal.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
At 5 feet 7 and 150 pounds, 17-year-old senior Robert Sarmiento of San Pedro is the feistiest, most exciting football player in the City Section.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Check out some enduring trends showcased by each of Miami’s feistiest citizens.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2020
Jamie Florio, 29, said doctors and nurses told her that although Connor was the smallest baby they’d ever seen, he was also the feistiest.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2019
Miranda Lambert is one of the feistiest and most accomplished live performers in country music.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2018
Brian Cox plays Jack, the oldest and feistiest of the five characters, and believes the production has become "a different show" since it was first staged last April.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2014
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