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But Brewers fans like Egan are more than happy to embrace it as a theme for their scrappy team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

In my first Year of Katie, I’ve come to admire the balance of independence and interdependence, ambition and collaboration that sustains her scrappy, indie-artist life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Over the summer, the Three Lions found ways to win but often leaned on scrappy moments of brilliance rather than methodical dominance.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

With more than 100 curator-driven projects, this year’s fair continues its scrappy, sometimes chaotic, always exciting tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Johnny, smaller and leaner, became a proficient and scrappy fighter but never achieved his brother’s success.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

I made a slightly scrappier version based on what I had around.

From Salon ● May 12, 2026

Smaller, scrappier fairs like Post-Fair and Felix are joined by newcomer Enzo, providing art lovers with plenty of opportunities to discover new art at a variety of price points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Serrano started strongly with sharp body work and accurate left hands from her southpaw stance, before the contest developed into a scrappier affair than expected.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

I’m really grateful for Veeps and the opportunity to do a special with them, they’re a little scrappy and they have a decent budget, but it’s definitely scrappier than all my other specials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

He was red-haired, ferret-eyed, and an excellent scout, but scrappier and more inarticulate in his manner of speech than any human being I had ever encountered.

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Grant Allen

This is the probably the scrappiest I had to be since "Colma: The Musical."

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2023

Based on Daniel James Brown’s bestselling novel of the same name, “The Boys in the Boat” follows Joe Rantz, who’s perhaps the scrappiest of all his teammates.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023

I have talked to those CEOs, and they are some of the scrappiest folks out there.

From The Verge ● May 3, 2022

The resignations and cuts are a major setback for BuzzFeed News, one of the scrappiest and most successful digital news operations in the country.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

Some of them are exquisite, many are large, and even the scrappiest have an artful understanding, in the interest of colour, with the waterways that edge their foundations.

From Italian Hours by Henry James