plucky
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Practically everywhere you look, there’s Meryl Streep’s fictional editrix-in-chief, Miranda Priestly, and Anne Hathaway’s plucky assistant-turned-editor, Andy Sachs, ready for their second big-screen outing few were asking for but everyone will watch.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
LIV wasn’t some plucky upstart with owners who would eventually get tired of the burn rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
And though the devastation wrought by last year’s fire was unprecedented in its scale, the Schneiders remain optimistic about the future of their beloved enclave and its plucky local paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
Of course, for fans of rival teams with fewer -- or zero -- Super Bowls in their trophy cabinets, the notion of the Patriots as plucky underdogs might be hard to swallow.
From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026
“And we’re a plucky group of one-time adventurers. You do the math.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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