rascal
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The question Mr. Junod explores is whether his father was a scoundrel or merely a rascal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
Right now, the rascal in him slumbers, briefly glimpsed now and again behind dark shades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
While Shoyo is a charismatic and ambitious rascal, Karasuno High and their various opponents provide a wide and varied array of winning characters who are willing to play the long game to win your heart.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025
Onstage, Epps convincingly plays that rascal who has charmed his way out of trouble.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
“Darned if the little rascal didn’t nod back at me,” Smith said later, “kinda like he was paying me an honor to notice me.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The most notable stock-market research over the weekend comes from academia, where researchers studied those rascals in Congress and their proclivity to trade.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 1, 2025
Dare we say, some rascals even made fun of her over it.
From Slate ● May 1, 2025
She added: “So it was less like, ‘I want to go do this big movie,’ and more, ‘I want to play in the sand pit with these rascals.’
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
This one, a collection of his New Yorker pieces about criminals and rascals, sounds irresistible.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
The years just seemed to roll right off them, and I watched transfixed as they laughed like rascals and raced each other, then swam leisurely back to the bank.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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