feisty

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"We'll have to monitor those feisty cumulus clouds and potentially a few showers and breezes as well," Mark Burger, the launch weather officer, said Tuesday.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

And Melissa Howard of the New Orleans season showed me how you can be 5-foot-2 and unapologetically feisty — as someone with a similar build and demeanor, I took that to heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

There’s hockey puck, lots of it: The rowdy U.S. women is barreling into the semifinals, and the NHL stars have finally returned to build a feisty U.S. men’s team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

The, at times, feisty debate came amid a gubernatorial race that thus far has lacked sizzle or a candidate on either side of the aisle who has excited Californians.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Adams had expressed his feisty and passionate objections to the Jeffersonian constructions in one last catharsis.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis