Example Sentences

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The most notable stock-market research over the weekend comes from academia, where researchers studied those rascals in Congress and their proclivity to trade.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

Dare we say, some rascals even made fun of her over it.

From Slate • May 1, 2025

She added: “So it was less like, ‘I want to go do this big movie,’ and more, ‘I want to play in the sand pit with these rascals.’

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023

This one, a collection of his New Yorker pieces about criminals and rascals, sounds irresistible.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2021

"It doesn't please me to take orders from common rascals," Prince Brat said coldly.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman