pluckier; pluckiest
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Rule Breakers proves scattershot in its storytelling and features one or two too many last-minute crises for its plucky heroines to overcome.
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
The ranch consistently turns out matriarchs who are plucky and resolute in the ways Alex has demonstrated.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Of the 29 exhibitors and project spaces, there is a large number of local and international talent, with a mix of plucky newcomers and top-tier galleries including P.P.O.W. and Sprüth Magers.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Feb. 2025
On top of that, the bifurcated score underlines the film’s identity crisis, oscillating between plucky guitar compositions from Andrew Simon McAllister better suited to a buddy-cop comedy and smooth, synth-heavy instrumentals from Mono Town that align more with a sleek spy flick.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2025
The ranch consistently turns out matriarchs who are plucky and resolute in the ways Alex has demonstrated.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
Of the 29 exhibitors and project spaces, there is a large number of local and international talent, with a mix of plucky newcomers and top-tier galleries including P.P.O.W. and Sprüth Magers.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Feb. 2025
On top of that, the bifurcated score underlines the film’s identity crisis, oscillating between plucky guitar compositions from Andrew Simon McAllister better suited to a buddy-cop comedy and smooth, synth-heavy instrumentals from Mono Town that align more with a sleek spy flick.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Plucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plucky. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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