spunky
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“Moana” became a box office hit, captivating audiences with catchy earworms from Lin-Manuel Miranda and a spunky young heroine who rejected the label of princess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Milly Alcock is spunky and charismatic as Superman’s party-girl cousin.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
In other travel news this week, there were obits galore for spunky Spirit Airlines after it went out of business early Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
"We will always feel blessed to have had this beautiful spunky ray of light in our lives. She will live on in our hearts forever!"
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025
The idea of a concert career for me appealed to his vision of himself as a poet and of me as more than a spunky tomboy.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Of the two children, Juli is the spunkier.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2010
The tension becomes whether pride and experience are enough to hold off a younger, spunkier opponent giddy with its chance to play giant killer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2010
Rumania, however, was spunkier, came back with this devastatingly frank statement: "We do not know how anyone can feel secure in Europe at the present time."
From Time Magazine Archive
The eldest daughter becomes Charlie's spinster slave, while a spunkier daughter, Helen, marries a pompous doctor just to escape from the house.
From Time Magazine Archive
Argentina’s spunkiest duo Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso have checked themselves into a wellness center for their latest album, “Free Spirits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
At least such circumstances gave us one of Rodrigo’s spunkiest, funniest and most irresistible singles yet.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
Let’s pause a moment to give thanks that after a long summer, spring and most of a winter, the spunkiest, most outlandish, best-cast drama on television is back.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2014
It is a witty, civilized account of an age of revolution in the dance, by one of the spunkiest of the revolutionaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The best and squarest—yes, and the spunkiest little girl I ever saw.
From Mary-'Gusta by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
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