naughty
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With Atkinson also on the naughty step, Robinson injured and Smith on paternity leave it means five changes.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
His tics are not naughty mischief but an uncontrollable action.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
"Naughty boys do naughty things, and in his older age he did the right thing," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
My dad says when I was a child, he took me to the country club one Sunday after church and I began misbehaving—knocking stuff over, throwing rolls and being naughty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
They were often naughty, themselves, but they had never imagined that anyone could be as naughty as Charley had been.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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