naughty
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By that point he was officially classed by the NHS as "overdue" for vaccination; effectively, he was on his GP's naughty list.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
GTA III in 2001 was a naughty revelation—a first-person, three-dimensional, open world of beauty and barbarity.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
This week it was revealed a chicken sandwich is packing as much salt as five McDonald's cheeseburgers - putting it top of a naughty list of more than 500 sandwiches analysed.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
His tics are not naughty mischief but an uncontrollable action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
"I'm not being naughty or anything. I'm not doing anything at all."
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
This karaoke hit allows the singer to play a naughtier, less commonly-utilized Taylor character: the heartbreaker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
Amundeep admits she was the naughtier of the pair.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2015
Her naughtier subjects have a wistful side, as well.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2014
"Naughty, naughty!" she chuckles, admonishing a plastic bottle chucker, and is still grinning through the mass singalong R.I.P., the May No 1 that seems to wish much naughtier things upon a love rival.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2012
And I was way naughtier than either of my cousins.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
The naughtiest Magnificent Seven stock is clearly Tesla.
From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025
In the run-up to the 2017 general election, then-prime minister Theresa May was asked to share the "naughtiest thing" she ever did in an interview with ITV News.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2024
But my colleague Geoffrey A. Fowler recently reported on the country’s naughtiest internet providers and he found:
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
Last year, she told an interviewer that the naughtiest thing she did as a child was to “run through fields of wheat.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
“Trevor is so naughty. He’s the naughtiest child I’ve ever come across in my life.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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