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And her boyfriend, Max, a scruffy director, was cracking jokes. from The New York Times
This scruffy rescue pup was recently treated to a spa day. from People
At school, she openly flirts with her scruffy 30-something teacher. from Refinery 29
They're scruffy, ornery little machines, the piratical cousins of golf carts. from The New York Times
His scruffy beard was gone, replaced by a neatly trimmed goatee. from New Republic
Just a scruffy-looking nerf herder and his Jedi best friend. from Mashable
Together, this scruffy pair hope to make it to the big championship. from The New York Times
Had to take this scruffy guy to get some new suits today. from People
In a scruffy courtroom with breeze-block walls, the dock is empty. from Economist
Take a good look at this scruffy, gray-and-white fur face. from Refinery 29
The two scruffy men contrast significantly with the shop's clean, white walls. from Refinery 29
What did a scruffy resort in the Irish Catskills have to offer? from The New York Times
Another scruffy-looking nerf herder has joined Ron Howard's Han Solo movie. from Mashable
Her scruffy hair covers her eyes and she occasionally clutches her stomach. from Vice
It isn't alluringly scruffy, like Gjusta, serving bialys to Venice beach bums. from The New York Times
Nicolas Mahut is lanky and smooth; Corentin Moutet is compact and scruffy. from The New York Times
Hamachiyo is known for taking scruffy dogs and turning them into masterpieces. from Business Insider
I returned a man with a scruffy beard who spoke too loudly. from The New York Times
Dear Diary: My first New York apartment was a scruffy, narrow loft. from The New York Times
Mike, sporting a scruffy beard, carried Lena as they enjoyed the outdoors. from People
Compared to her, the rest of us were mere scruffy-looking nerf herders. from Wired
Even staff at this scruffy resort admit it has seen much better days. from CNN
In contrast to our scruffy-looking hero, he's all about class and sophistication. from Mashable
His hair was slicked back and he was still sporting a scruffy beard. from People
But I guess he's pretty cool; he's just a big, scruffy, fiery dog. from Vox
Will he go out like some beard scruffy dude in the middle of nowhere? from Vice
Look after the Ewoks and fear not the opinions of scruffy-looking, nerf-herders. from Mashable
The scruffy defendant appeared for Friday's hearing donning tan prison scrubs, sources tell PEOPLE. from People
Like most moms of small kids, I'm greyer, a little scruffy, and pretty frazzled. from Refinery 29
It's a glamorous asteroid with a scruffy streak; and it is, quite simply, stunning. from Hyperallergic
"There's just something so sexy about a scruffy beard," the expectant singer tells Glamour. from People
Ford's Solo was also self-deprecating, snarky, and — Leia was right — a little scruffy. from The Verge
Gangs of blindly optimistic scruffy rag-tag underdogs in space are my thing 5ever. from Mashable
A scruffy punk band at the outset, their sound matured from album to album. from Economist
Moore of course also had the prominent backing of the scruffy Steve Bannon, who from New Republic
His facial hair is ridiculously scruffy; he watches porn while the TV plays movies. from Refinery 29
Jerome was rail-thin, with dark scruffy eyebrows and an odd sense of humor. from New Yorker
A long stroke down the length of her scruffy back, and she was comforted. from The New York Times
He is 31, with a steely personality, a short scruffy beard and metal piercings. from The New York Times
Frustration with China roils the scruffy town of Kyaukpyu, among the poorest in Myanmar. from The New York Times
Yazidi kids gathered around us as we walked toward temples tucked against scruffy hillsides. from The New York Times
Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads A scruffy, blonde boy purses his lips with languor. from Hyperallergic
Before 1997 Mr Hammond was not a banker or an accountant, but a scruffy entrepreneur. from Economist
Beppe Grillo, the scruffy blogger who founded the party, has long spread doubt about vaccines. from Economist
Benji, scruffy solver of crimes, quasher of kidnappings, sniffer of butts, is coming to Netflix. from Mashable
You remember Nick Viall: scruffy, weepy, loves to mutter out the side of his mouth? from Refinery 29
But the era of scruffy Nick Viall romancing women on television has reached its end. from Refinery 29
Prior to this cut, the actor had longer, scruffy waves and a very full beard. from People
He transformed himself with a scruffy look, loads of makeup, and perfecting his disappearing act. from Refinery 29
Aggressive and seductive electronic music is played throughout by an amiably scruffy, pan-cultural band. from The New York Times
He was smoother than the scruffy reporters and photographers I usually went for, but charming. from The New York Times
A scruffy bearded man was driving and a blond woman was in the passenger seat. from New Yorker
At the end of it, we climbed over some barbed wire onto a scruffy field. from New Yorker
Notice the nicely colored salt and pepper color to match the scruffy and rugged beard. from Mashable
Calvin Harris hit up Diplo's shindig ... and he's rocking a more scruffy look these days. from TMZ
Quinn has just beaten to death the scruffy blond formerly known as Watch Cap Man. from The New York Times
HAJJAH, Yemen (Reuters) - They live in scruffy tents or mud huts on dry, stony ground. from Reuters
Together, they looked like Bohemian artists: sunshades, nose-rings and, for Giancarlo, a scruffy black beard. from CNN
Contestants gathered in an RV to prepare for a blind date with one usually scruffy bachelor. from Refinery 29
Look instead to a small, scruffy chicken farm just east of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. from Economist
Born in 2400 on the Isle of Wight, Arthur Pigou cut a scruffy figure on campus. from Economist
Such a rough-and-ready approach seems quite appropriate for emus, which are somewhat scruffy beasts. from Economist
His young band mates—Willie Nelson's son Lukas among them—wear plaid shirts and scruffy locks. from Economist
Adam Harmon, a young man with a scruffy brown beard, had been a resident at the from New Republic
The basic problem, Clark thought, was that he was a scruffy, while Friston was a neat. from New Yorker
Close your eyes, press play, and just imagine your body up close next to scruffy Pitt's. from Refinery 29
Tom Burckhardt's "STUDIO FLOOD" is a tour de force artwork with a willfully scruffy, DIY look. from Hyperallergic
"He had a mustache, scruffy stubble, about 38 to 40, thin build," Mr. Dunstone recalled recently. from The New York Times
Geuze, fifty-five, is slim and boyish, with scruffy hair and a coat that's perpetually aflap. from New Yorker
Scruffy-haired Dylan remembers Hypnospace as it used to be: cool, creative, and a little lawless. from The Verge
Hudson portrays Grizabella, an old scruffy cat (who, spoiler, gets chosen to go to cat heaven). from Refinery 29
Even sections we call "clear" will look scruffy and forlorn to people accustomed to manicured cemeteries. from The New York Times
From the scraggly to the scruffy, beards were almost as popular as La La Land. Almost. from Mashable
Peasants face ruinous fines for minor offences, such as looking scruffy or refusing to dig communal ditches. from Economist
The scruffy Crufts star recently ran the show's Rescue Dog Agility course and became an instant sensation. from People
You can also see that he's rocking a scruffy beard, which is something we cannot support enough. from Refinery 29
A BRISK AUTUMN Sunday morning in Richmond Hill, a scruffy, bland neighbourhood deep in south-central Queens. from Economist
They may look like scruffy nerfherders but you do not want to mess with the Rebel posse. from Wired
Say goodbye to the longer, scruffy look that Dornan has been sporting since filming Fifty Shades Darker. from People
However, his staff, keen to remove the prime minister's scruffy shoes, Photoshopped him with two left feet. from Reuters
If the mouse is the cuter, clean-cut, presentable one, the rat is the scruffy bad boy. from Vice
On his way to see "Annie," Hansbury was enthralled by the "scruffy sidewalk buskers" in Times Square. from New Yorker
For a moment, Robyn really was a scruffy, dull-furred, small brown bear, dancing joylessly to order. from New Yorker
One of the last scruffy spots in an overwhelmingly chic neighborhood, the bar opens at 10 a.m. from The New York Times
Bayou La Batre, a scruffy village with about 2,500 residents, was inundated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. from The New York Times
A friend of hers, an older, scruffy-looking man with a beard, pulls into a parking lot. from New Yorker
The hot commodities are the smaller, scruffy or fluffy dogs like the puppies Mr. Martinez was after. from The New York Times
As mayor in the 483s, Capuano presided over the gentrification of the once scruffy, working class town. from The New York Times
Ryan Gosling to my left and a policeman with scruffy hair and a notepad to my right. from Vice
In recent years, Patel has been sporting a scruffy style that he matches perfectly with facial hair. from Business Insider
Images of Sands, who with shoulder-length hair resembles a scruffy rock musician, are scant and blurry. from The New York Times
Bearded and shod in hiking boots, he had the scruffy but welcoming air of a trail guide. from New Yorker
Wearing clothes that are a bit scruffy is usually no big deal if you're used to it. from Vox
"It lit my soul on fire," says a scruffy practitioner in a beanie, a year into the process. from Gizmodo
Is this the work a somewhat scruffy, understated genius or the self-aware musings of a pseudo-intellectual? from Mashable
A few minutes later a scruffy man screaming and kicking came out in cuffs and was led away. from Mashable
In the scruffy streets around the gleaming venue, residents are hoping to make a bit of extra money. from Reuters
The blingless kingpin himself wore scruffy shoes and did not so much as take a sip of water. from Vice News
However, in the past decade index investing has grown from a scruffy insurgency into a mainstay of finance. from Economist
So instead, he started photoshopping smart clothes onto the photographs of people wearing their regular scruffy T-shirts. from Gizmodo
Is that scruffy little guy in the dog park a mix of Afghan hound and Catahoula leopard dog? from The New York Times
However, Costin is just one among the handful of scruffy British men who make up the main cast. from Refinery 29
" A scruffy bystander who'd been eavesdropping looked at Mr. T. and commented, "You're kind of a firetrap, yo. from New Yorker
They live in an olive-green-painted home with a cat, a rabbit, and a dog named Scruffy. from Business Insider
The neighbor—a scruffy-bearded white man in jeans and a T-shirt—came outside to meet him. from New Republic
Conscious of this lineage, much of the younger Jennings' solo work explores the scruffy textures of southern rock. from Vice
Indeed, the scruffy nature of Mir has become one of its most defining—and endearing—qualities in retrospect. from Vice
If those other houses are like friendly, scruffy dogs, the Henrietta Street homes are closer to wounded giants. from The New York Times
There was the tan brick place on a scruffy Manhattan side street often choked with double-parked taxis. from The New York Times
The proprietor, a scruffy but affable fellow, stands at the table and tells you what he has available. from The New York Times
Ms. Rizzolo was working out of Sparrow, a scruffy salon in Greenpoint the size of a large bedroom. from The New York Times
The groomers who made over the Maxfund mutts, transformed the precious pooches from scruffy sweethearts to stunning cuties. from People
And who can forget Somalia's 21st-century pirates, who hijacked global trade with a bunch of scruffy skiffs? from The New York Times
Other pictures showed an older man, with wild hair and a scruffy beard, who was likely Kamotolo's father. from New Yorker
He's a proud devotee of dense, scruffy, quick-tongued New York City rap from the 1980s and 1990s. from The New York Times
The pictured projectionists fit a definite profile: They're mostly gray-haired white men with glasses and scruffy beards. from Hyperallergic
Most of Keith's merch featured the famous "Feel the Bern" line, with a scribble of the candidate's scruffy hair. from Vice
"I pushed out this scruffy thing that they had to draw on and fill in," Harington tells the publication. from Refinery 29
Don Taylor, in his leather jacket, and scruffy beard, comes off as nervous, sketchy, and definitely guilty of something. from Refinery 29
He was scruffy and devilish in an avuncular way — more pesky wannabe than actual viable Game of Thrones villain. from Refinery 29
"I FEEL a bit scruffy wearing this," says Lyn Vardon, a nurse assistant at the Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge. from Economist
Millions of peasants moved to scruffy apartment buildings in the city, smashing traditional family bonds and intensifying class tensions. from Economist
The first visitor turns out to be, of course, Assange, played by a scruffy guy in a silver wig. from Wired
A smol and scruffy-looking fledgling blue jay flew onto the gutter above me and started demanding food. pic.twitter. from Mashable
Wait a minute — was Apple cool before the scruffy and talented dreamboat Milo Ventimiglia tweeted about it being cool? from Mashable
Since then, the scruffy pup character has been in a host of movies and TV shows up until 2004. from People
While the dogs in the film may look a little scruffy, they are voiced by an A-list cast. from People
Long-legged model-types and their scruffy-faced boyfriends sprawled out on colorful couches under tents outside the motel. from The New York Times
" Monaghan followed up with another comment on Lilly's selfie Instagram post by saying, "I love your scruffy, sweet head!!!! from People
Angry and funny, with a distinctive accent, scruffy beard and razor-sharp tongue, he had a way with audiences. from The New York Times
And Mr. Keith, the headliner, in a heavy overcoat and a scruffy beard, delivered potent patriotism via strong narratives. from The New York Times
Simon Hobday was known as Scruffy, for his distant acquaintance with the reasonably stylish attire favored in his calling. from The New York Times
" A scruffy young man, perched in the crook of a tree, began leading a chant: "Grow a spine, Chuck! from The New York Times
On the crowded sidewalk, she dodged a vendor pushing his peanut cart, and then a scruffy man yelling obscenities. from The New York Times
"I don't like scruffy, bearded, sandal-wearing people who go around burning the United States flag," he said in 22003. from The New York Times
I could show up looking scruffy and the part glamour-shot, part 'Hello Kitty / Barbie doll' filters would fix everything. from TechCrunch
A few days ago, Entertainment Weekly also teased a nearly unrecognizable photo of a scruffy Jamie that got fans worried. from Refinery 29
Despite its scruffy appearance the Instituto Nacional, an inner-city secondary school for boys, is Chile's most prestigious high school. from Economist
Curry had become a sort of traveling preacher, delivering seminars to scruffy white men with rifles hanging from their shoulders. from The Verge
A scruffy, sweatered dog named Spike hopped around excitedly when I visited recently, as a fluffy cat jockeyed for attention. from The Verge
Mr Bannon, a former investment banker who dresses like a scruffy boyo, rails against globalisation with the same resentful fury. from Economist
It was us trying to describe the scruffy, dog-shit pavements that we were walking up and down every day. from Vice
Halfway between Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale, it's been called a "once scruffy beach town," by The Wall Street Journal. from Business Insider
The shadow belongs to a man who has the scruffy and wild-eyed look of Willie Nelson on a bender. from The New York Times
A month later, my camera caught a scruffy young man dressed in black walking down the stairs smoking a cigarette. from The New York Times
He looked like a scruffy hobo — a wiry, stooped nomad with a backpack, a shapeless jacket, dirty pants and sneakers. from The New York Times
Ron Pagett, 0003, farms on thousands of acres on the edge of the Pilliga Scrub, an expanse of scruffy woodland. from The New York Times
But after Game 7, Maddon, the scruffy-faced manager with an eternal twinkle in his eye, had a different view. from The New York Times
"I've seen grown men—rough, tough, scruffy, grown men—break down and cry when they've lost a horse," Moore says. from Wired
Her scruffy 1964 portrait of Marilyn Monroe, crafted out of wood, fabric and found objects, is not to be missed. from The New York Times
Mikael Lindnord, the captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, threw the scruffy mongrel a meatball, and that was it. from Business Insider
The only problem was that one of the show's producers, too, had fallen for the scruffy pooch and his sister, Chestnut. from Refinery 29
The scruffy six-inch male appeared a little beleaguered, his stomach distended with some 1,500 eggs deposited earlier by the female. from The New York Times
Holmes is kind of scruffy It's a more disheveled-looking Sherlock Holmes this time around and he is sporting facial hair. from CNN
WALK along Sugar Road in Aubervilliers, north-east of Paris, and it is obvious how a formerly scruffy area is gentrifying. from Economist
In place of his scruffy beard and short hair, this Bryan had longer hair, earrings, and some extremely well-groomed eyebrows. from Refinery 29
Chapman said that he and the Kurds fought alongside scruffy American soldiers—" SOCOM types," he said, referring to special-operations units. from New Yorker
"You drink here, aye?" an outsider named Ian asks Jimmy, the scruffy regular he's come to meet in a Belfast pub. from The New York Times
Looking like a somber, scruffy monk in training, Mr. Trifonov played with a focus and concentration that radiated throughout the hall. from The New York Times
Endangered Spaces Loved by Wall Streeters and scruffy comic book junkies alike, Chameleon Comics was a clubhouse in the Financial District. from The New York Times
And conventional N is not: He's a scruffy bum lurking in a filthy apartment, rude and dismissive of Nga-Yee's loss. from The New York Times
NANCE I knew what it was like to be a scruffy dude crushing on black girls who only dated white boys. from The New York Times
And his facial hair is far from consistent: It varies from nonexistent to full and scruffy to a clipped, square goatee. from The New York Times
All that stands behind a moderately scruffy guy and heaven is remembering the answers to a series of password question prompts. from Wired
Out on a wooden dock, two scruffy guys in baseball caps checked out a pigeon, which had waddled up to them. from New Yorker
This slim novel unfolds in a single day, but is "a time capsule" of a "still scruffy London," Michael Gorra said here. from The New York Times
He's a little bit like a scruffy Bob Dylan, with the moral compass of Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood on House of Cards. from Vice
I think it's because you're all named Chris and you're all kinda scruffy and squinty and jacked, but in a sweet way. from People
Here's a movie I've seen too many times: A collection of men — always white, funny, and charmingly scruffy — need a weekend away. from Refinery 29
Still feeling a tad extra wearing them to bed, especially in my scruffy Maroon 5 T-shirt (purchased in 2007, I promise). from Refinery 29
It's good to be a "scruffy and squinty and jacked, but in a sweet way" guy named Chris who acts in movies. from Mashable
Yesterday, Krause posted a photo on Instagram of him showing off the new scruffy — and shirtless — look in a bathroom mirror selfie. from Refinery 29
Next to him is a scruffy man in his thirties who has the chemical structure of dopamine tattooed on his left arm. from Wired
Then along came the tech boom, which made many scruffy outsiders in Silicon Valley rich and powerful members of the capitalist landscape. from Vox
Perhaps its most beloved character is Onkel Reje ("Uncle Shrimp"), a sailor-themed character in a red suit with a scruffy beard. from Economist
A scruffy cultural space, it's run by a collective of young adults who founded it partly to connect with their Jewish heritage. from The New York Times
See that scruffy-looking guy up there on the stage, the one messing around with the microphones and the plastic water bottles? from The New York Times
The Abdallah cousins, tall, broad shouldered men with scruffy beards that hide their necks, settle into a chair, one after the other. from The New York Times
Many poured into Shah Porir Dwip, a border crossing and notorious smuggling den somewhat disguised by a collection of scruffy tea shops. from The New York Times
Nearly all were scruffy, covered in dirt and showing signs of physical neglect, according to officials with St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center. from The New York Times
The scruffy, bohemian ambience and Mr. Friedman's talent as a host and gatekeeper have made it a place where celebrities feel comfortable. from The New York Times
Reading him on these scruffy men and women is like listening to someone try to play "Long Tall Sally" on solo cello. from The New York Times
Boîte As the East Village continues to get fancier, demand for scruffy Irish pubs inevitably drops in favor of more polished ones. from The New York Times
He was in his mid-twenties, with scruffy jeans, hair that was gelled upward, and a look of hurt in his eyes. from New Yorker
Scruffy, smart, intuitive, and on the chase after Moss and Chigurh, this sheriff stands as a symbol in the film's major theme. from The New York Times
Miller, now 45, with deep brown eyes and a scruffy, silver-threaded beard, saw patients one day a week at the hospital. from The New York Times
The older, meaner hip-hop world elevated brilliant but scruffy neighborhood guys like Gucci Mane, without asking them to apologize or explain. from New Yorker
The actor stands with his hands at his hips, one T-shirt sleeve cuffed, and donning a scruffy beard and Bort Sampson shirt. from Buzzfeed News
Their hangout is the Somali Grocery and Restaurant, a scruffy, brightly lit spot a few steps from the Mississippi river in central Minnesota. from Economist
In the snap, a scruffy Beckham looks just a little worried, as Brooklyn poses in the background, seemingly confident in his driving skills. from People
The scruffy-cheeked profile adorning the album jacket of his latest, The Wild, the Wonderful and the E-Street Shuffle, positively exploits it. from People
He was a 20-year-old junior at the time, and his scruffy dirty-blond hair and angular cheeks were infamous on campus. from Vice News
He took four scruffy lads from Liverpool, helped them realize their musical vision and in the process, redrew the boundaries of popular music. from CNN
Perhaps scarlet socks that peek out from between trouser cuffs and scruffy leather monkstraps — a hint of crimson ankle rising to vermillion lips. from Mashable
Mr. Jesuthasan, watchful and diffident behind a scruffy beard and a drooping lock of hair, has the taciturn charisma of a Hollywood gunslinger. from The New York Times
But over the last decade, investors have come to see scruffy Montauk in a different light — as a place that cleans up good. from The New York Times
So a scruffy maintenance man with a 5 o'clock shadow waltzed out, his cap slung low as he wiped it up for them. from The New York Times
He should have taken his cue from Abbie: catching flies and building a campfire, this scruffy star leaves it all on the stage. from The New York Times
His interviews with players and with Sam Palmer, a former owner of the arcade, are full of hard-edge affection and scruffy nostalgia. from The New York Times
The best stuff came from scruffy, sun-ravaged 20-somethings in California in the 60s and 70s when vinyl bootlegging started to boom. from Vice
Streaming As of March 16, Benji, the scruffy box-office sensation of the 1970s and '80s, is back and Netflix has got him. from The New York Times
They have also both been steadfast in their opposition to Western warmongering and can come off as being a bit scruffy and cantankerous. from Vice
Last week, when Westminster was paralyzed over Brexit, Stephen Castle found him in "a scruffy office a couple of blocks away," observing Mrs. from The New York Times
A popular destination since its opening in 2009 on the then-scruffy fringe of the Marais, Merci has always been a family affair. from The New York Times
A scruffy-looking fish that inhabits the same patch of sea as my cephalopods has relatives who live to 200 years of age. from The New York Times
Conversely, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been criticized for his scruffy appearance but has worn his frumpiness like a badge of honor. from The New York Times
Our Bachelor wore a scruffy gray turtleneck for the ocassion, and the sweater might as well be named the new villain of the show. from Refinery 29
Within a day or so of getting snacks from a feeder we put it for him, Henry was looking a lot less scruffy. pic.twitter. from Mashable
Among them is the scruffy, camera-toting Henry (Michael Sheehy), who smells opportunity when he meets the dapper, cocky George Spencer Jr. (James Scheider). from The New York Times
The rave came to an end, and the scruffy outpost Friedman used to call home was eventually mined with explosives, blown up and abandoned. from The New York Times
It is an unlikely relationship between a free-associating, scruffy entertainer and a lithe, reserved, disciplined athlete, and the instruction has flowed both ways. from The New York Times
Everyone I knew in that world loved Mischief Brew, too; whenever Petersen and his band played, it felt like a scruffy, sweaty family reunion. from Vice
Henry was a good-looking, half-Greek, half-Cuban kid in his early 20s with wavy black hair, full red lips, and scruffy stubble. from Refinery 29
A large gray-haired man in a lawyer's robe is shouting expletives through his mask as he towers over a short, scruffy domestic worker. from The New York Times
Her character's forthrightness draws in friends and intrigues potential suitors, including the recently divorced Boone (played by a scruffy and slightly goofy Chris O'Dowd). from The New York Times
It sprawled around the grounds of a public housing complex in the scruffy, ethnically mixed Jas de Bouffan neighborhood on the outskirts of town. from The New York Times
In the herding group, Baby Lars the bouvier, with his scruffy unibrow and rough-hewed hipster beard, looks all business in the show ring. from The New York Times
There are those contractually obligated chestnut locks and that ever-glorious beard — which miraculously always occupies that facial-hair sweet spot between scruffy and sculpted. from Refinery 29
FOR those who still associate Rolls-Royce with its past as a posh carmaker, its home on a scruffy industrial estate comes as a shock. from Economist
Martin brings with him his scruffy dog Eddie, Daphne (Jane Leeves), an eccentric live-in physiotherapist and, worst of all, a hideous sludge-green armchair. from Economist
When Jack Tatum was 21 and still in college, he recorded a bunch of lo-fi, slightly scruffy dream pop demos in his dorm room. from Vice
IN THE NEW Museum of Black Civilisations in Dakar, two vitrines display a French-made sword, a Koran and a pair of scruffy leather sandals. from Economist
Its genius, and that of its marketing campaign, is to appeal to everyone, from scruffy backpackers to silver-haired oenophiles and even the superyacht set. from Economist
Benji, scruffy solver of crimes, quasher of kidnappings, sniffer of butts, is coming to Netflix, so it's time to rewatch the original before it drops. from Mashable
As the weather took a turn for the steamy, the scruffy little monkeys made a beeline for the chance to have a delicious cool-down. from Mashable
The first house with a suspected Zika case was in a scruffy neighborhood in North Miami, canary yellow with a for-sale sign out front. from The New York Times
Moretz is captured for the cover with her arms around the back of an unnamed, scruffy-haired male, whom sources confirm is in fact Beckham. from People
The Bauhaus school started with a modest sum in 1919, in a set of scruffy buildings in Weimar that had been damaged by the war. from New Republic
Except for a video showing someone modeling sneakers underwater, from the ankles down, the works in this enjoyably mystifying show have a decidedly scruffy appearance. from The New York Times
These scruffy stars are almost unrecognizable with without their upper lip look, which leads us to an important question we mustache you ... Who'd you rather?! from TMZ
He ended up in Fajardo, a scruffy town of strip malls on Puerto Rico's northeastern tip, where a line of 27 waited outside a Walmart. from Reuters
The 74-year-old scruffy Jewish socialist's campaign's success would have shocked them, but it also caught pretty much the entire political system by surprise. from Vice
Television footage showed the donkeys, in the town of Orai in Uttar Pradesh state, plodding out of a scruffy jail, walking single file, heads bowed. from The New York Times
We did better with a clip of Chris Pratt, the scruffy star of "Jurassic World," whose face shape is a little more similar to mine. from The New York Times
Yet the scruffy, geographically isolated enclave has managed to transform itself without losing its soul to gentrification, causing outsiders — including other Seattleites — to take notice. from The New York Times
On a long drive through the Nevada desert one night in 1967, Melvin Dummar spotted a scruffy man lying by the side of the road. from The New York Times
Although rumpled and scruffy, Mr. Williams had a plummy accent and a mellifluous speaking voice that served him well in a surprisingly busy film career. from The New York Times
In that aspect, the show reminded me of FX's lamented one-season show Terriers, which took place in the similarly scruffy corners of San Diego. from Vox
Fahim, a scruffy 0003-year-old from Iran, told me he shared his room with seven other people, but that he didn't mind the hostel. from Vice
From there, we went to Brandy's Piano Bar, a scruffy cabaret that ought to be in Greenwich Village, but that sits incongruously on East 84th Street. from The New York Times
Somewhat scruffy and covered in tattoos, he looks nothing like you'd expect someone who makes Band of Horses' brand of beautiful, heartbroken music to look like. from Vice
She posted a photo on Instagram that showed she had a hair transformation, trading in her long blond locks for a dark, scruffy pixie cut wig. from Refinery 29
In comparison to his brother William, Harry's always been the ruffian, the ragamuffin, the scruffy bad boy with whom you weren't supposed to fall in love. from Refinery 29
The first of her drawing companions was Mog, a scruffy black-striped tabby who became, with input from her eight successors, the heroine of 17 books. from Economist
When Ms. Horani arrived with a large Arabic music selection on her smartphone, the scruffy interior was transformed into a bobbing sea of dancing head scarves. from The New York Times
At the dinner table (dinner island?), Madeline's two daughters sit like angsty ducklings in a row with her too-scruffy husband, Ed, played by Adam Scott. from Refinery 29
Just look at this smile: Location: Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, San Francisco, California A scruffy look with a sweet demeanor, Espresso is a shot of joy. from Mashable
Magnus Walker, the scruffy Porsche collector and blogger, said he was in attendance to get a close-up glimpse of this portion of Mr. Seinfeld's fleet. from The New York Times
The "liminal habitat" that runs through "River" is the Lea: a tributary of the Thames that snakes its marshy, scruffy way through to north-east London. from Economist
We often take our son here with his scooter and watch him glide with delight across the park, still divided by a scruffy old railway line. from The New York Times
Germany had last missed a kick in a shootout in 1982 — five shootouts and 22 kicks ago — but, scruffy as this showing was, it was enough. from The New York Times
The scruffy Laurence has his own history of domestic discomfort, and given Ian's admitted sexual inexperience, the scene could easily slip into one of predatory violence. from The New York Times
For years I got used to two sad sights: a set of overused Gillette cartridges in the bathroom cabinet and my scruffy face in the mirror. from The New York Times
Clever, cocky, and always running to new worlds, like Han Solo, you are the embodiment of a dashing rogue (though some might call you scruffy-looking). from Vice
But a scruffy black-haired dog named Holly pranced through the snow with a coat cinched around her torso and a pink ball in her mouth. from The New York Times
But some provided new insights into the yearslong attempt to uncover a motive behind the killing of an American icon by a scruffy, seemingly confused drifter. from The New York Times
But a few Sanders fans remain frustrated that she did not endorse him during the primary and is seemingly more reserved than the freewheeling, scruffy Vermonter. from The New York Times
But before commercial development in the area, it was the site of scruffy night life, including clubs that patrons entered by yelling up for a key. from The New York Times
There have been pickles and pizzas, jeering crowds and pushy selfie-seekers, and dashes out to Coney Island for hot dogs alongside scruffy, bearded rock stars. from The New York Times
Looking him up on Facebook, Duke found his appearance lacking but figured he could use Johnson's bright-red mop and thick, scruffy beard to his advantage. from The New York Times
"There are so many treatment centers in the US and no healing centers," said Matthew, a scruffy veteran who returned home after 18 months in Iraq. from Vice
Flora sways and Giacometti twists as they dance together to a jazz record; a shot of their scruffy shoes moving across the floor is utterly endearing. from Hyperallergic
Exactly the types of projects and career trajectories that an earlier generation of brilliant engineers was running away from when it founded scruffy startups in Silicon Valley. from Wired
"MY LIFE HAS BEEN MADE, meeting you was the best thing ever," fan Vanessa Denegri tweeted on Sunday, along with a photo of the newly scruffy actor. from People
Elena was swiping through her Tinder app in October 290 when she came across a photo of a slightly scruffy, sandy-haired 212-year-old named Robbie. from Buzzfeed News
Flats in the area, the once-rural village of Malu, still dotted with fields and scruffy wholesale food markets, now cost 90% more than a year ago. from Economist
I took the tube to Bond Street and changed my scruffy flat shoes into heeled boots so I would feel like I fitted in a bit more. from Business Insider
"FOR ME, NOTHING'S gonna change," says a police sergeant, hands on hips, huddled with colleagues in a station in a scruffy, violent district on Chicago's West Side. from Economist
The scruffy mammal participated in a number of scientific studies over his 22 years, and eventually became the oldest southern sea otter at any zoo or aquarium. from CNN
But many women worry that they will be judged as unprofessional (unlike their male colleagues) if their clothes are deemed to be too scruffy, or too revealing. from Economist
Khan's mayoral campaign started out three days later, in two rooms rented from a polling company on the Commercial Road, a noisy, scruffy thoroughfare in East London. from New Yorker
Based on "Mirza Sahiban," a Punjab folk tale of star-crossed lovers, the plot centers on Soochi (Saiyami Kher, always stunning) and Adil (Harshvardhan Kapoor, always scruffy). from The New York Times
"He was kind of a scruffy dude," said Jim Hearn, a broker who recalled showing Paddock around the complex of small, middle-class apartments in early 2004. from Reuters
The company's website, which features a scruffy man in sunglasses idling in a classic car, makes penile enhancement seem chill, an NBD method for boosting your confidence. from Vice
And she walked off with the shoes she had worn as a scruffy flower vendor, before the transformation at the hands of Henry Higgins and Colonel Pickering. from The New York Times
The barista (her younger brother, Alaa) even sports the scruffy beard and Blue Jays cap favored by food-service workers along this hip stretch of Queen Street. from The New York Times
"Untitled" is like a party full of well-dressed adults, scruffy adolescents, lounge lizards and children in fluffy pink pajamas, all talking brilliantly at the same time. from Hyperallergic
Mark Wahlberg, who joined the franchise in the fourth film, the unwatchably long and convoluted "Transformers: Age of Extinction," is back as the scruffy inventor Cade Yeager. from The New York Times
This new dramedy stars Wyatt Russell as Sean Dudley, known as Dud, a scruffy, carefree surfer and pool cleaner whose life is upended when his father dies. from The New York Times
Pri Haaretz sits in a scruffy compound at the entrance of the settlement of Rehelim, a small community with neat rows of houses and a boutique winery. from The New York Times
Outside the scruffy clinic where he turned himself in, rows of fidgeting children and their mothers sit around on plastic chairs, waiting for nurses to prick their arms. from Economist
The Curtain's remains were uncovered in 2011 on a site earmarked for development in Shoreditch, a scruffy-chic, fast-gentrifying area on the edge of London's financial district. from Mashable
Friends regularly stopped by but Wilson didn't recognize the small man with the long dark hair and scruffy beard who walked out of his back door towards him. from People
In addition to everything else he was — poet, wordsmith, conceptmaster, religious seeker, suave scruffy ladies' man, Zen monk, belated concert fixture — he was also a major political songwriter. from Hyperallergic
DEJAN, a 51-year-old Serb standing outside a scruffy apartment block for migrant workers in Nitra, an hour's drive from Bratislava, the Slovakian capital, couldn't be happier. from Economist
The campus is scruffy but cheerful, boasting an ink-stained calligraphy studio and a wall daubed with stone-age cave paintings (the result of a class art project). from Economist
For all their difference in sartorial style—the one is as neat as the other is scruffy—the person that Mr Rees-Mogg most resembles is Newt Gingrich. from Economist
"In my mind's eye, my father is always in a scruffy brown wool bathrobe; my cheek still prickles at the memory of his scratchy morning hugs," she writes. from New Yorker
Lean and nimble, he has dark brown hair that aimed in various opposing directions, a horseshoe mustache, a graying goatee, and scruffy extra-in-a-saloon-scene cheeks. from New Yorker
So, there we were—me and two scruffy, laid back dudes from Georgia, surrounded by luxe furnishings, fancy drapes, and top shelf booze we weren't allowed to drink. from Vice
At the age of twenty, in 1913, he emigrated with a fellow-artist to Paris and settled in a decrepit building—a warren of scruffy studios—in Montparnasse. from New Yorker
Living In 11 Photos View Slide Show ' In Alphabet City, a stylishly scruffy part of Manhattan's East Village, civic pride sometimes comes with a dose of gallows humor. from The New York Times
There is one man with a scruffy gray beard and an American flag do-rag who sits alone and drinks from a coffee cup and talks to himself. from Washington Post
Facing the North entrance, 1903 Gallery has orchestrated a scruffy yet white-on-white presentation centering on "Blind Spot," a stack of sparsely graffitied cubes by Eva Rothschild. from The New York Times
"If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag," Scalia said in 2015 in Philadelphia. from Politico
He delighted in the scruffy plenitude of the world, and he wanted to stretch the boundaries of painting to make room for things besides canvas and oil paint. from The New York Times
At events in the summer and fall, the audience tended to be male and younger — scruffy millennials who knew about him from his interviews on their favorite podcasts. from Politico
Men with light stubble won that contest, closely followed by men with heavier stubble, suggesting that the scruffy look appeals to women looking for fun, but not commitment. from The New York Times
All three are great at spitting out hard-boiled dialogue, and the case they investigate in the pilot (the only episode ABC screened for critics) is enjoyably scruffy. from Vox
Don't be deterred by the scruffy entrance to the kraton off the bustling shopping district of Malioboro Street; once you are inside, it gets much nicer, with uniformed guides. from The New York Times
A center part gave the hairstyles a youthful vibe, emphasized with a touch of scruffy volume at the crown and spritzes of Tigi Bedhead and L'Oreal Morning After Dust. from The New York Times
And disguise, they do: From scruffy beards and mustaches to a blonde wig, the pair double over with laughter as they try their props on, practicing accents to match. from People
He has a couple of signature features: his scruffy, shaggy hair; his adamantium claws and adamantium-laced skeleton; and his ability to heal, extremely rapidly, from just about anything. from Vox
I want you to imagine a tiny bundle of tan fur with pointy ears like a Chihuahua, the short, scruffy body of a corgi and warm, engaging brown eyes. from People
They were told the people would be deposited in Malta's naval base and transported again — this time to an "open" center in a scruffy part of the capital, Valletta. from Buzzfeed News
That such seemingly ordinary bars—often rather scruffy, with peeling leather seats and the sodden smell of stale alcohol—can offer so much to their patrons is perhaps remarkable. from Economist
And there is much to admire in the organic, scruffy, reasonable character of British democracy, reliably bending to social and political gusts like a lithe sapling in a storm. from Economist
And on the off days he spends hanging around the streets of NoHo, Hill's curls and scruffy facial hair have that messy-on-purpose vibe we ourselves aspire to. from Refinery 29
First debuting on the big screen in 1974, Benji, a small, scruffy dog with a big heart, instantly won over animal lovers with his sweet face and heroic nature. from People
Scruffy nerf-herder Wade Watts teams up with a band of rogues to win Halliday's contest and defeat an evil corporation dedicated to taking control of the virtual world. from Vice
Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and the gang all look wonderfully scruffy and realistic in this new version, and Tigger even seems like he's aged a bit—is he going gray? from Vice
He let this scruffy band be a band—not a slick front man with faceless backup hands—and allowed them to record original material during their very first sessions. from Economist
A bare-breasted, shellshocked woman emerges from a field of scruffy black; the painting is called "Coiffure Pour Dame," identifying the setting as the world's most depressing beauty salon. from The New York Times
When Charley watches him race, on a scruffy dirt track, with a few spectators idling behind ropes, it's the first time that we see the kid crack a smile. from New Yorker
The men, who are in their forties, fifties, and sixties, looked like hip dads, which many of them are, with scruffy salt-and-pepper beards, hoodies, and expensive sneakers. from New Yorker
They were "clean-cut, not scruffy hippies burning cards," said David Eberhardt, 77, one of the Baltimore Four, an earlier group that poured blood on draft files in 1967. from The New York Times
The day of the "Simple Man" makeup session, we wandered the scruffy beachfront of Kaiaka Bay, picking our way through cow bush and sugarcane ferns to the water's edge. from New Yorker
He was still scruffy and barrel-shaped from being locked in a stall for so long, with bald patches in his fur where Tanya had shaved off dried dung. from The New York Times
The scruffy go-go boys downstairs wear sparkly top hats and bow ties right out of "Liza With a Z" and hang from pipes like the Super Mario Bros. from The New York Times
Then followed a few scruffy years on local TV, including his celebrated stint as a smart-aleck weatherman, before he nerved himself to head to Los Angeles in 1975. from The New York Times
His first ship was the Grafton, a Royal Navy battle cruiser that served in World War I. Scruffy handwriting made the logbooks hard to read, but Purves was hooked. from Reuters
Save for the Strand, the city's biggest and most famous indie book shop, nearly all the rest is long gone, like the small-town, scruffy Village of the 220s. from The New York Times
The paintings in the show were accompanied by drawings and a suite of photos, all with a scruffy, black-and-white elegance that served as studies for the paintings. from Hyperallergic
Instead, the town was filled with the scruffy young rebels Ankara is backing, some driving their Toyota trucks, machine guns mounted in the back, at high speed through the streets. from Reuters
Last week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andy Samberg shared an extraordinarily normal, spectacularly regular photo of himself, with one T-shirt sleeve cuffed, a scruffy beard, and a...nice smile? from Buzzfeed News
So, after clicking through a multitude of Persian curmudgeons and scruffy calico kittens, maybe you'll consider more closely what personal information might be revealed through your own social media sharing. from Hyperallergic
Think of Solo as you would its eponymous hero: a scruffy-looking, half-witted nerf-herder of a film that's not bad to look at, and oh-so devilishly fun. from Refinery 29
The economist famous for formalising the idea was called Arthur Pigou, a brilliant but scruffy Cambridge academic who wrote a seminal textbook that even he admitted was a tough read. from Economist
The second photo is a fun bonus behind-the-scenes look at shooting, which shows Redmayne and Law hanging out in costume on set, short scruffy Dumbledore beard and all. from Refinery 29
There was one puppy in particular that caught his eye, a scruffy guy with happy eyes who loved to come to the front of his cage to greet the director. from People
Pesce wore bulky woollen V-necks or baggy work shirts, had no time for makeup, and wore her scruffy brown hair at whatever length kept it out of the way. from New Yorker
Scruffy Murphy's Irish Pub, Los Chingones' rooftop bar and the Wynkoop Brewing Company (one of 65 microbreweries here, according to the Colorado Brewers Guild) were all doing a brisk business. from The New York Times
" Daniels and her lawyer Michael Avenatti, who also sat down with the ladies of "The View," asked anyone with information about the square-jawed, scruffy man to email "[email protected]. from Vice News
An affable, nerdy twenty-nine-year-old with a scruffy beard, Hargreaves grew up in rural Arkansas before going to Yale, where he ran intercollegiate computer-game tournaments called GoCrossCampus. from New Yorker
Here is a 30-year-old version of the English actor, known for his famed characters like Ali G and Borat, looking scruffy at an event back in 2001 (left). from TMZ
Science suggests that facial hair — from scruffy day-old stubble to full Grizzly Adams — is imbued with social messages, and can play a significant role in a man's love life. from The New York Times
During the hearing on Tuesday, Hunter appeared before US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain wearing a drab navy blue prison jumpsuit and sporting a scruffy salt-and-pepper beard. from Vice News
The skin under his scruffy, juvenile beard had the same pallor of many people fleeing Mosul, who had spent weeks huddled indoors, often in dark basements, as the battle raged outside. from CNN
Scruffy northern hacks at the Herald investigate dodgy practices by retailers, while besuited Oxford-educated journalists at the Post use their charm and brain power to screw over children's TV presenters. from Economist
" Then, he led into a video collage looking back at all of his favorite moments with his scruffy mustache and beard to the tune of Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You. from People
" — Will Salmon (@evilrobotbill) March 26, 2017 @Ankaman616 My mum used to moan at scruffy singers on Top of the Pops, "I bet the back of his neck never sees a flannel. from Mashable
While Jamie tries to turn his scruffy troops into a viable army, Claire's mind wanders to her time as a nurse during World War II. WOMAN IN GOLD (2015) 9 p.m. from The New York Times
Mr. Aboutboul uses his scruffy face to underscore the rueful moments (and to heighten the comically uncomfortable ones), while Ms. Kaplan de Macedo, underused here, projects warmth and a fragile optimism. from The New York Times
The 5-year-old tigress has been stalking a scruffy patch of central India for more than two years, mauling herders and farmers from poor villages, along with cows and horses. from The New York Times
The dish is a standard at high-end restaurants and scruffy takeout shops alike, wherever there is a market for the sweet-salty-crisp flavors that Americans claim as a birthright. from The New York Times
Matt de la Peña's words and Christian Robinson's illustrations allow readers to experience every aspect of the journey — the beautiful and the scruffy patches, the restless stretches and the contented ones. from The New York Times
The objects — particularly "Two Pals" (2015), a pair of large stuffed toy dogs that Mr. Winters found on the street and crowned with blown-glass hats — have a scruffy kind of charm. from The New York Times
The most recent dispute began in earnest last year, when the Volusia County Council moved to entice hotel developers to help revitalize the once-celebrated, now-scruffy beachside portion of Daytona Beach. from The New York Times
The Venice section of Los Angeles was scruffy and run-down in 1963 when Celmins, in her first year at U.C.L.A., moved into an empty storefront a few blocks from the beach. from New Yorker
Scruffy as ever, he's prowling the mean streets: Seeing his new BFF across a crowded plaza: Gently taking a strawberry from said BFF: Unsettlingly staring into a child's bedroom: Being let in! from Mashable
In the West that might be called music therapy; in Goma it amounts to three musicians and some scruffy boys, hopping around in black volcanic dust, watched by an audience of goats. from Economist
A BJP politician decried the scruffy looks and licentiousness of left-leaning students at JNU, claiming that 2,000 bottles of booze and 3,000 used condoms are found on the campus each day. from Economist
The house was grand and dilapidated, set back from the street in an overgrown garden, with a flight of stone steps rising to a scruffy pillared portico, a broad door painted black. from New Yorker
This 29-year-old singer and songwriter's previous albums situated her in a certain musical sphere: a folky, rootsy zone where bare-bones acoustic guitar and scruffy electric bands signal heartfelt authenticity. from The New York Times
Now the Grinch, green and scruffy, lives with his dog Max in an isolated home carved into the side of a snowy cliff high above Whoville, a town that really loves Christmas. from Vox
Music \| Westchester Waryas Park is a scenic if slightly scruffy patch of green on the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, a city that has had problems with a struggling economy over the years. from The New York Times
"AC/DC's music and approach had a worn-in, scruffy vibe that stood in stark contrast to the pretentiousness suffusing much rock music at the time," the Hall of Fame website said. from The New York Times
Formed as a scruffy environmental protest movement in 1979, the Green Party is now the second-most popular party in Germany, complicating the narrative of a Europe trending to the far right. from The New York Times
It was characteristic of Mr. Mallick's scruffy charm and generosity that before his mouth and feet worked out complex equations of rhythm, he framed them with jokey analogies for the local audience. from The New York Times
CreditCreditHenry Bourne FIRST, CUT SHARPLY off a two-lane road leading around Italy's Lake Como and dodge the local stray cats until you hit a cobbled lane lined with scruffy mulberry trees. from The New York Times
The Four Horsemen wrapped the movement's scruffy environmentalist and antiglobalist urges inside a sleek, cosmopolitan style that appealed to the kind of people who had dinner at 38-seat restaurants in Williamsburg. from The New York Times
Thinner and sporting a scruffy salt-and-pepper beard, he pointed out his tennis shoes, his dining room and his salads; he hoisted a Diet Pepsi for inspection before taking a sip. from The New York Times
We have yet to learn what words of wisdom the original Han Solo had for the new guy, although the bearded Ehrenreich appeared to have Ford beat in the "scruffy nerf-herder" department. from People
Today's creative facial hair movement has finally trickled down into gadgetry, with the rise of a range of products designed to perfect that scruffy, stubbly face you've worked so hard to get right. from Wired
Eventually one of his most persistent hecklers — a young man with a long, scruffy beard, wearing a MAGA cap backwards and a MAGA flag as a cape — engaged Acosta in a friendly conversation. from Buzzfeed News
The scruffy 41-year-old laughed while packing up a tiny suitcase and said that since his resignations, he's been having to use a civilian guest pass to get into the parliament building. from Buzzfeed News
Outside the house in Mexico City's scruffy but hip Roma neighborhood where the meeting with Lopez Obrador was held, a small group of protesters, including immigrants deported from the United States, shouted slogans. from Reuters
In the mid-nineteen-seventies, a cabal of scruffy-looking men, outfitted in denim and plaid, were writing world-weary songs that blended the nihilism of rock with the earnestness of country music. from New Yorker
This spring, in a scruffy Egyptian fishing village at the mouth of the Nile, I met restless teenagers who, drawn by images of Western glamour on Facebook, yearned to board the smugglers' boats. from The New York Times
My goal had been to score an early-dinner table at Laurel, the much-heralded prix fixe creation of the "Top Chef" star Nicholas Elmi in the agreeably scruffy neighborhood of East Passyunk. from The New York Times
On a quiet Sunday night in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a few dozen scruffy men and slim women in their 20s gathered inside a converted warehouse, ordering locally brewed pints around a marble-topped bar. from The New York Times
As portrayed deliciously here by Mr. Radcliffe, who has now put the boy wizard persona well behind him, the character of Fingal is D'Agata's spiritual and physical opposite: scruffy, small, awkward and perseverant. from The New York Times
I vividly remember a stocky, scruffy, leather-clad figure, flanked by an entourage, striding across the lobby of Alice Tully Hall for a New York Film Festival news conference in the late 19833s. from The New York Times
On a break from filming the Netflix thriller "Rattlesnake," Ms. Ejogo had driven to the Muse, a circus training center on a scruffy block just down the street from a hearse rental agency. from The New York Times
From the east, the elevation presents a slim, unadorned, milk-white concrete block, nine stories high, punctured by loggias — a signpost, like the traditional village bell tower, rising above a low, scruffy neighborhood. from The New York Times
Grace quickly realizes just how hot he is with a haircut and replacement (or removal) of his scruffy, scholarly garb, but it takes her far longer to realize how she feels about him. from The New York Times
It was a scene straight out of Brooklyn: a girl, hair dyed silver and purple under a floppy black hat, sitting with a boy with a scruffy beard on a crowded rush hour train. from Vice
The attendees, who ranged from shiny-shoed businessmen to scruffy survivalist-looking types, were there to vote for the presidential delegates who will travel to the party's national gathering in Orlando later this month. from The Verge
Ramkarran Moteelall is part of a small group of scruffy men who spend days and nights lolling on the vents at the base of a huge glass facade inside Terminal 4 of Kennedy Airport. from The New York Times
There was speculation that some of the filming was not in titular Brooklyn because Court Street and its surrounding blocks, where so much of the book's action take place, were no longer sufficiently — scruffy? from The New York Times
People make out: scruffy boys, a man holding his girlfriend and a bottle of Patrón, and two glam girls against the column I'd found to lean on but quickly ceded, eminent domain and all. from The New York Times
The image of his scruffy beard and starred beret became the calling card of romantic revolutionaries around the world and across generations, seen everywhere from the jungle camps of militants to college dorm rooms. from The New York Times
Mr. Giuliani's victory over the incumbent mayor, David N. Dinkins, vaulted Mr. Kerik, a high school dropout with a scruffy charm, into a series of high-ranking positions in the city's Department of Correction. from The New York Times
By November last year, he was bringing women to the scruffy motor lodge on Staten Island, a horseshoe of rooms around a parking lot, their doors largely blocked from street view by the layout. from The New York Times
One of the most lively interlocutors is Ronnie Hawkins himself, who provides welcome candor and scruffy humor to his memories of the young prodigies he turned into a cohesive unit on the club circuit. from Washington Post
Mr. Gathers said that when he was growing up, his role models had been cousins and uncles who belonged to gangs and hung out in a scruffy park in the Dorchester section of Boston. from The New York Times
Mr. Markun, with a scruffy goatee and a penchant for colorful print shirts, is part of an unprecedented wave of new candidates running for office in Brazil at both the local and national level. from The New York Times
And here our suspension of disbelief wears thin, for, rake though the Marquis may be, he is portrayed as a scruffy sort, and what he lacks in sartorial finesse he also lacks in charm. from The New York Times
Instead, the artist projects scuttling emoji-crabs, satellite dishes sparking with electricity, and a swarm of fluttering pixelated butterflies on top of Safi's decay, giving the scruffy town a digitally enhanced sheen of wonder. from Hyperallergic
" He was further described as "a 6-foot tall or taller white male in his early 20s to early 30s, with sandy to brown shoulder-length wavy hair, a thin build and scruffy facial hair. from Wired
In late middle age, Sørensen has maintained the look of a schoolteacher -- which he was for decades, before entering politics -- perhaps with a dash of sea captain, in the form of a scruffy white beard. from CNN
Teigen, 31, and Legend, 38, wore fried chicken-themed onesies from Scruffy Swanks – no surprise since the pair often cook the tasty meal at home (and share snaps of them doing so on social media). from People
Today's city—its centre the shiny capital of Europe's largest economy, its inner suburbs mostly in the advanced stages of gentrification—is a far cry from the scruffy, charmingly mangled Berlin of the early 1990s. from Economist
Ron Howard—who took the helm of Solo after its original directors were fired mid-production—also reportedly got some helpful advice from Ford on how to approach the scruffy-looking nerf herder's origin story. from Vice
Given Rick's long-absent smile at the end of the episode, he's not even bothered about being surrounded by scruffy strangers with a whole lot of weaponry — new recruits for his uprising against Negan, perhaps? from Mashable
Steve Hindy, the chairman and co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, said the company's formerly scruffy neighborhood in Williamsburg had filled with hotels and clubs that were able to afford higher rents than a manufacturer could. from The New York Times
And that was only one surprise in the long friendship that began when this scruffy white gelding locked eyes with Harry deLeyer, who raised horses and taught riding at a girls' school in Long Island. from The New York Times
Founded 30 years ago by the sculptor Mark di Suvero on an abandoned waterfront where ships once docked, Socrates Sculpture Park is a charmingly scruffy green space on the Queens side of the East River. from The New York Times
It's a tour de force artwork with a willfully scruffy, DIY look, and after prolonged looking it remains quite astonishing that it is made from cardboard, one of the most ubiquitous and humdrum materials around. from Hyperallergic
The whole experience felt outside of time, a sense that was validated when I left the arena and was accosted by a scruffy Adrien Grenier-ish fellow who asked what was happening at Yankee Stadium. from Vice
Down the road, enjoy a pre-dinner drink at Perditempo, a scruffy, beloved local bar and an unpretentious literary cafe hosting occasional book readings, but more frequently blasting reggae music into the crowd gathered streetside. from The New York Times
LOS ANGELES — Eugene Kashper looks the part of someone who likes to throw back a few P.B.R.s from time to time — hipster glasses, scruffy facial hair, faded T-shirts and jeans and well-worn sneakers. from The New York Times
To Mr. Woody, a scruffy, gray-goateed former Green Beret who saw duty in Vietnam, photographing starlets teetering out of a club in the wee hours was not a frivolous pursuit but a historical imperative. from The New York Times
Loving's 51s dyed-fabric constructions have a scruffy, rags-and-patches informality that only heightens their elegance; La Noue qualifies his paintings' sumptuous palette and overall visual gregariousness by way of encrusted, willfully unlovely surfaces. from Hyperallergic
Looking younger than his 38 years, sporting a scruffy beard, wearing jeans and an untucked casual shirt, he was constantly on the move recently crisscrossing Bogotá, which has become one of the world's top graffiti destinations. from The New York Times
"I would go to [New York's] Lower East Side and see these scruffy works that felt like a repeat of the 1970s," says RoseLee Goldberg, a South African-born curator and art historian in New York. from Economist
After he has crash-landed, a pack of scruffy mutts (voiced by Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Edward Norton and Bob Balaban) guides him through the dystopian junkyard, stopping for occasional battles with his pursuers. from Economist
Kraus has kept a scruffy look since appearing on The Bachelorette, where he was known as the silver fox finalist in vying for Lindsay's heart, but he's also gone for a fuller beard in recent months. from People
The Greens have won over urban professionals by embracing social issues such as soaring rents in cities, and the leadership duo of scruffy-looking but media-friendly Habeck and less charismatic Annalena Baerbock, is also popular. from Reuters
In fact, part of the joy of these intimately staged portraits is the variety and diversity of its subjects, who range from a scruffy student photographed in a library to a beaming parent with a child. from Vice
MADRID (Reuters) - Sitting outside the scruffy political science faculty of Madrid's Complutense University, Elena Jimenez is exactly the sort of dissatisfied Spaniard who was inspired to vote last December for new parties that promised a change. from Reuters
He had met up with his college friend Nicole Pursell, an actress, at one of their undergrad haunts: Fat Cat, a scruffy, subterranean jazz bar and billiards hall in Greenwich Village that smells like spilled beer. from The New York Times
Steven, the high-functioning, hard-core alcoholic at the center of Sean Daniels's harrowing comedy "The White Chip," is the kind of guy whose abundant scruffy charm allows him to get away with far too much. from The New York Times
Richard Scudamore, the Premier League's chief executive, was in a hurry as he took a cab to West Ham's Upton Park stadium in a scruffy part of East London in the first week of September 2006. from The New York Times
In showing aspects of the city that are often unseen by the pilgrims, he has exposed Mecca's scruffy edges and what he calls the "violence" of how the government has altered its landscape and urban fabric. from The New York Times
When Richard Meier's first glass residential towers on Perry Street were completed, in 210, it hastened the continuing change of the Village from Joe Gould's scruffy bohemia to a prestige address for bankers and movie stars. from The New York Times
When Nick Viall, America's favorite scruffy Libra, ventures to choose between his four dashing lady loves on a frigid night in Finland, we think he should seek guidance the same way people have been doing for centuries. from Refinery 29
"He's no angel that man, he's behind all of this, so he has to pay," said Maduro supporter Leonardo Gonzalez, 33, wearing a red T-shirt with Chavez's image, in the scruffy state capital, also called Barinas. from Reuters
Sweater weather is upon us ... but these hairy hunks know the feeling year-round -- cozy up to these scruffy shots of stars exposing their wool and see if you can guess the gent by their fuzzy fronts! from TMZ
Though she's no stranger to drag, having adopted the persona of scruffy and stubbled Jo Calderone in the past, Gaga's only attempt to disguise her true identity is a backwards baseball cap and a slightly altered accent. from Refinery 29
Just four miles away on the mainland, the sprawling metropolis of Miami suffered for years in the comparison, its scruffy downtown largely devoid of life after offices closed for the day and commuters fled to the suburbs. from The New York Times
No 'ship can top Star Wars' original: The scruffy-looking nerf herder and the rebel princess-who-only-kissed-her-brother-that-one-time-it's-fine (and to be fair, it was clearly to make Han jealous). from Mashable
But this vision is one of many ambitious concepts being hatched at High Times, the scruffy monthly magazine that, for 250 years, has served as the barely legal bible of dorm room stoners and closet cannabis growers. from The New York Times
When Jerome walked into the shop, shortly after it opened, he was still tall and fine, though scruffy—he appeared to be trying to grow a beard, but had managed only wild crabgrass patches along his cheeks. from New Yorker
The media, titillated as ever by the gap between public image and private behavior, seized on Reubens's distinctly un-Pee-wee-ish mug shot: the stringy hair, scruffy chin and white gym shirt of his off-set disguise. from The New York Times
BROAD APPEAL The Greens have won over urban professionals by embracing social issues such as soaring rents in cities, and the leadership duo of scruffy-looking but media-friendly Habeck and less charismatic Annalena Baerbock, is also popular. from CNBC
An employee at the cafe told RTV Drenthe one of the family members, a 25-year-old man with long hair, had come in looking scruffy and bewildered and said he had not been outside for nine years. from Reuters
Here's a 25-year-old version of the "Star Trek" actor at the movie premiere in Hollywood back in 2002 (left) and 16 years later ... The villainous "Venom" star looking scruffy at a Marvel premiere last week. (right). from TMZ
If you saw him like this on the street, with scruffy white hair, a cane, and a cardboard envelope filled with papers and a copy of the New York Post, you wouldn't give him the time of day. from The Verge
American Honey follows a rootless teenager (newcomer Sasha Lane) on a road trip with a questionable sales force masterminded by a scruffy stranger (Shia LaBeouf), on an adventure that looks to have some tonal comparisons with Spring Breakers. from The Verge
Amid the usual stream of shoppers, diners and coffeeholics there emerged a rather scruffy, forlorn looking fellow carrying the many bags of different sizes one usually associates with folks down on their luck and of no fixed abode. from The New York Times
Many of the flaws I listed above also apply to the original Ghostbusters from 1984, a slightly too shaggy, slightly scruffy action-comedy with a great cast that made everything that much funnier just from their mere presence. from Vox
Marx (August Diehl), a scruffy journalist, and his sidekick Friedrich Engels (Stefan Konarske), a renegade rich kid, meet in Cologne, Germany, in 1844 and overcome some initial wariness by bonding over their shared contempt for the Young Hegelians. from The New York Times
For the rest of the day, Mr. MacGregor showed me around the elegantly restored old quarter center of his hometown and its northern and southern edges, where the peaceful streets give way to mangroves and scruffy urban beaches. from The New York Times
That was thanks to a surprisingly good showing from the second-place movie: "The Call of the Wild," an adaptation of the Jack London novel that pairs a scruffy Harrison Ford with a digital Bernard-Scotch shepherd mix. from The New York Times
The party negotiated with Mike Bloomberg's city hall, brought labor unions around to seeing the scruffy protesters as their allies, and at one point called elected officials to the park to stave off attempts to clear it out. from Buzzfeed News
Pursuits Rick Hartman had just navigated a pair of husband-and-wife anglers to a pretty little stretch of sapphire-colored water along the scruffy sand-grass shoreline of the Lower Laguna Madre, off the South Texas Gulf Coast. from The New York Times
I raged against all I learned in journalism school – I have a Master's in Business and Economic Reporting from the august but still scruffy NYU journalism department – and what I was produced was like no reporting anyone had seen. from TechCrunch
And the idea of moving the prime minister and her team out of Downing Street (cramped and scruffy even by the standards of much smaller countries) and into larger, more modern offices has been floating about Westminster for years. from Economist
These are often the scruffy, bandana-clad people who show up at alt-right rallies or speaking events in order to shut them down before they happen, and they openly embrace violence as a justifiable means to that end. from Vox
She and Khloé Kardashian then proceed to bait her by listing all the characteristics they think Kourtney would go for in a date prospect — tall, blond, scruffy beard, 12-pack, actor, father of two, and, of course, gluten-free. from Refinery 29
As the years passed, Jewel's Catch One expanded from one room to the whole building; other than that, it was as durable and unchanging as its notoriously stubborn owner and namesake, a scruffy beacon of defiance against Hollywood glitz. from Vice
In their scruffy, bohemian corner of London they shared new ideas for living and working, just as in New York at the same time, young men and women with literary aspirations and radical politics were gathering in Greenwich Village. from New Republic
Every single member was given a token for the Child, and now that Mando's stolen the asset back from the Client that means every scruffy-looking, blaster-shooting nerf herder in the galaxy will be gunning for him posthaste. from Mashable
Each man was trapped in the other's fantasy: Hughes appeared as the scruffy poet who had fled his studies at Columbia for the pleasures of la vie bohème , while Locke was the "little, brown man" with status and degrees. from New Yorker
Mr. Ruffin stayed in scruffy Amiens and became the struggling editor of a countercultural leftist newspaper, Fakir; Mr. Macron went to Paris, piled up prestigious degrees, worked at the Rothschild bank, and quickly gained the favor of the powerful. from The New York Times
The spot comes from the team behind Glasslands, a scruffy, perma-sweaty utility closet of a club whose 2014 closure set off an especially loud, and perhaps final, round of eulogies for Brooklyn bohemia — the Williamsburg style at least. from The New York Times
JOYCE An Army-style green jacket, a dark messy wig (or au naturel scruffy ears), a Sharpie pen, an old '80s-style phone and some battery-powered Christmas lights easily get the job done for Winona Ryder's distraught mom character. from People
Although decriminalization is sweeping across the country, most people can still remember a time where their marijuana transactions were handled by a scruffy college kid, a neighbor down the block, or, in the case of New Yorkers, a shady delivery service. from Vice
His most notable personality quirk―besides the long hair and scruffy chin, anyway―is his decision to follow in the footsteps of Alfred Russel Wallace, Frederic W.H. Myers, and other honorable souls who sought answers to life's most important question. from Vice
But before all of that — before "Green Room," written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier, puts its genre cards on the table and turns into a tense and nasty siege movie — the plight of the Ain't Rights has a scruffy comic flavor. from The New York Times
Among them are surfers, artists, yogis, retirees and the sort of scruffy Americans who look as if they took a wrong turn on their way home from an Allman Brothers concert, ended up on the Baja Peninsula and decided to stay. from The New York Times
A tangle of scruffy, red-brick terraced streets on the wrong side of the Brussels canal, populated by many young, jobless Muslims alienated by European society, Molenbeek seems to have been just that for Salah Abdeslam and his elder brother Brahim. from Reuters
There were the seven scruffy dudes from 7 Points Oregon, the boutique growers whose product she'd used at her dinner party, and there was a purchasing agent from a dispensary called Canna-Daddy's, who was holding a twenty-three-inch blunt. from New Yorker
MADRID (Reuters) - When Alberto Rodriguez of Podemos turned up for the new Spanish parliament's first session in the grand chamber in Madrid, his dreadlocks, jeans and scruffy jumper drew a look of disapproval from the staid prime minister, Mariano Rajoy. from Reuters
It will also appeal to anyone with nostalgia for a generally underappreciated era in New York history, when the high glamour felt a little scuffed, the urban apocalypse had been postponed, and Manhattan abounded in bookstores and scruffy gay bars. from The New York Times
With his messy hair, scruffy clothes and penchant for huaraches, or leather sandals, Toledo was a fierce defender of the culture of his home state, Oaxaca, the heartland of the indigenous Zapotec people and where he died on Thursday at 79. from Reuters
Standing six-foot, five-inches (1.98m) with a scruffy beard Berrettini cuts an imposing figure, a Rocky-like underdog who packs a similar punch as the fictional boxer and is now one win away from a shot at the title. from Reuters
A vast ensemble piece, set around a scruffy New York City diner, it was memorably punctuated by Metcalf's 20-minute monologue as the inane, sweet prostitute Darlene, who prattles on and on until both she and the audience are in tears. from The New York Times
"I like this place because it's open all night," he told the now-defunct Montreal Daily News in 1988, referring to Main Deli Steak House, a scruffy Jewish deli he famously frequented (a newspaper clipping is displayed near the door). from The New York Times
But the Stallman affair touches on something else: a simmering resentment about the treatment of women by the scruffy brainiacs who built our digital world, as well as the Brahmins of academia and business who benefited from the hackers' effort. from Wired
Back then the walls that Bang on a Can sought to breach were institutional and ideological, like the persistent division of New York's new-music scene into an academic uptown camp grounded in European modernism and a scruffy, experimental one downtown. from The New York Times
In the land of the scruffy tech billionaire in his hoodie, traditional displays of wealth such as fancy cars or jewelery are considered "gauche", said Matthew Panzarino, editor-in-chief of TechCrunch, the Silicon Valley news site, and a shoe collector. from CNBC
Some poor bastard in the Tokyo Dome cheap seats suffered the painful indignity of taking a line drive to the dick, then hoping around in pain as some scruffy-ass white dude in a throwback Brewers tee looked on in amusement. from Vice
Rona spends her days turning scruffy pups into stunning, cover model-worthy superstars, which you can see on her popular Instagram account, so she had quite a bit to say about what groomers should do to keep their clients happy and safe. from People
So, now's the terrier's big break ... Mark Forbes, the animal trainer for "Lady and the Tramp," was on the hunt for a scruffy canine, and Monte must have worked his magic at HALO because the trainer saw potential ... a potential movie star!!! from TMZ
Here's actress Chloe Moretz (18) riding dirty in a fur lined biker jacket arriving to Paris Fashion Week earlier today (left) and super model Karlie Kloss (23) strutting around Soho with a scruffy sherpa coat in New York City this morning (right). from TMZ
When they'd gone down to the late winter Roanoke romantic getaway, Tandy squealed with disgust and hatred when they'd looked down the scruffy sandbanks at the churning, opaque oceanfront, the same gunmetal as the dozens of container ships squatting on the horizon. from Vice
At the same dinner, she meets a young priest with a scruffy, hangdog affect (Andrew Scott, best known for playing the villain Moriarty in the BBC's Sherlock) who is new to her father's parish and has agreed to perform the wedding ceremony. from New Republic
Ms. Hicks — perhaps the only campaign press secretary to have been photographed as a teenager by the fashion photographer Bruce Weber, in a campaign for Naturalizer shoes — favors Burberry trench coats and heels, a break from the scruffy ranks of harried campaign operatives. from The New York Times
A new order had been established, and would be underscored in future seasons, when scruffy, teenage (or teenage-looking) groupies would come to the show and sit front row or, as often as not, sit cross-legged on the floor in front. from The New York Times
Now, British supermarkets are essentially supposed to discriminate against scruffy young men buying only whipped cream who might be using its nitrous oxide to get high, while letting more innocent geezers do their thing, according to guidance recently issued by the government. from Vice
In Khayelitsha township, for instance, Virginia, a trader in the scruffy marketplace behind the main road complains that at the age of 46 she still lives in a corrugated-iron shack with no running water, no power and only a communal toilet. from Economist
The director and motion-capture master Andy Serkis's take on "The Jungle Book" is for those who prefer their anthropomorphized animals to look like they actually live in a jungle — in other words, less cute and cuddly and more scruffy and muddy. from The New York Times
He's eager, once he's home in Dublin, where he lives with his wife of nearly two years, to get a proper haircut and neaten up — maybe even shave off — the scruffy beard he's had to leave untouched to portray a Beckett tramp. from The New York Times
LONDON — While the British Parliament debated withdrawal from the European Union, or Brexit, last week, the man who sees himself as the architect of that effort, Nigel Farage, was keeping a low profile in a scruffy office a couple of blocks away. from The New York Times
Frugal Traveler I stumbled into the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney after having suffered through a night at a particularly ratty Airbnb in the Surry Hills neighborhood, a once-scruffy inner suburb about 15 minutes south of the main tourist waterfront. from The New York Times
Part memoir, part guide for the budding entrepreneur, it's the story of Netflix as scruffy start-up, from those brainstorming sessions to the height of its red-envelope days, before it spent billions on original content and had 151 million subscribers worldwide. from The New York Times
Art Review If you skipped New York's grittier art fairs this season and now regret it, compensation awaits in a scruffy food fight of an exhibition at a relatively swank address: Lever House, the first glass-curtain-wall skyscraper on Park Avenue. from The New York Times
CreditCreditWilliam DeShazer for The New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer NASHVILLE — The scruffy little dog of indeterminate origin — she's either a beagle mix or a terrier mix, depending on which veterinarian is guessing — reaches the end of the driveway and sits down. from The New York Times
Created and directed by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, the anthology-style High Maintenance follows Sinclair as "The Guy," a scruffy weed dealer who cycles through New York delivering his goods to the messy, idiosyncratic New Yorkers who need something to soften their neuroses. from Vice
Their blurred, scruffy interactions of line and form, light and shadow, depict twisting, overlapping, three-dimensional abstract shapes, but, unlike many of Hesse's drawings at Hauser & Wirth, they aren't working sketches; rather, they are pictures of sculptures in the manner of Alberto Giacometti's studio views. from Hyperallergic
It's that sense of realism that gives the film its dreary yet believable atmosphere, because it feels like a world that could exist, with a bunch of scruffy people attempting to get by in a damp forest (a bit like 2015's The Survivalist). from Vice
"My wife, Ellie, helped cut their hair, although later, when the studio felt Al Pacino was too scruffy, we brought him to a real barber and told him to give him a haircut like a college student," Coppola later remembered, according to Vanity Fair. from People
In addition to the loving elderly couple, there were a group of scruffy students working on some academic project, a pair of sleek housewives complaining about their respective au pairs, and his two bodyguards with their slick hair, tight-fitting suits, and hard eyes. from The Verge
Obscured by heavy animal skins, a scruffy beard and even longer hair, DiCaprio perseveres with a deeply committed characterization that embodies reserves of strength, resilience, imagination, fortitude and righteousness, all attributes required for long-term survival in the earliest days on the North American frontier. from CNN
Earlier this week The Daily Mail published images of a scruffy Daryush 'Roosh' Valizadeh emerging from his family's basement in Silver Spring, Maryland, confirming what many suspected about the self-anointed king of neo-masculinity and pick-up 'artist': he's largely full of shit. from Vice
These details speak volumes in terms of the blossoming of a comfortable and proud Indian and British identity: they reveal that these scruffy, humdrum drinking spots are where British tastes were adopted while individuals remained fiercely Indian, standing tall and saying "we are here". from Economist
And Alicia's relationship with the scruffy-sexy Jason Crouse (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) might have lacked the swoony magic of Alicia-and-Will but it rang true, in interesting and, for broadcast TV, unusual ways, as a portrayal of the hazards of contemporary love and commitment. from The New York Times
Kleenex On-the-Go Travel Pack Tissues, $2.28, available at AmazonA good number of ski resorts I've gone to stock tissues and napkins, but they're usually the standard 1-ply type and scruffy — not the best ones to use for runny noses post-trail. from Business Insider
So, in the middle of a national state of emergency, I joined him for a Julbrew, the local lager, at the scruffy cafe near the Palma Rima Hotel to get a stream of sergeant major-ish punditry on why he thought Yahya was fucked. from Vice
Dining \| Connecticut The Engine Room occupies a converted industrial building, its airy brick space fitted out with repurposed wood, a polished cement floor, exposed overhead ductwork, an eating bar spying into an open kitchen and scruffy 20-something servers dispensing table water from whisky bottles. from The New York Times
Technically, Stock Island, named for the livestock once corralled here, is one of seven islands that make up the city of Key West, though the scruffy yet vibrant island is unlike the boutique-and-bar-packed Old Town, as downtown Key West is known. from The New York Times
T-Force — a secretive unit whose mission is to sweep up German scientists and engineers and their knowledge before competing powers (especially the Soviet Union) can get them — has set up shop there, with the scruffy and risk-taking Callum (Jim Sturgess) overseeing things. from The New York Times
To mine copper or cut cane, outsiders descended on scruffy, fast-growing towns like Mazabuka, hoping to make a new life and where the men went, a sex industry followed with local women touring bars, inns and truck stops to sell sex to newcomers. from Reuters
There was also a homemade card table, the setting for Mr. Houlihan's long-running Friday night poker game, which starts after the podcast and attracts a new shift of slightly more scruffy local characters who answer to names like Wasabi, Chooch, Fudd and Mikie Big Time. from The New York Times
That awkward moment when you're a famous singer but you're too scruffy to eat at Gordon Ramsay's... Rita Ora and Gordon Ramsay were both on the sofa for The Jonathan Ross Show along with Ed Sheeran, and Ora chose that moment to pick a bone with Ramsay. from Mashable
In Kreuzberg, a scruffy-but-hip neighbourhood, posters and leaflets denounce milder German iniquities, from urban gentrification to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a hated trade deal between the European Union and America that the election of Donald Trump may have killed for good. from Economist
"We get inspired by our everyday life," Mr. Gvasalia, 35, said in an interview in Paris, where he divides his time between the Vetements studio on the scruffy rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin and the palatial offices of Balenciaga, where he was named artistic director in 2015. from The New York Times
NOVOOLEKSANDRIVKA, Ukraine — When he's not engaged in gun battles with Russian-led forces on Ukraine's eastern front line, Stas, a scruffy 26-year-old soldier, likes to cozy up in his bunker and brush up on his English skills by watching Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live. from Buzzfeed News
First published in 1949, a year after Leopold's death, it chronicled and celebrated the natural life amid the changing seasons around his scruffy weekend retreat and family farm, in a dirt-poor region of Wisconsin that starts an hour's drive north of Madison, the state capital. from The New York Times
He is, rather, a somewhat scruffy 34-year-old Alaska Native with long hair and no formal design education who identifies as an environmental activist and member of the Yup'ik tribe, and who has made it his mission to reintroduce style to the allure of sea otter. from The New York Times
Despite not being the poster children for healthy relationships themselves (yes, Stassi is now engaged to a real-life scruffy Prince Charming, but did people block Tom Schwartz's unconscionable cheating binges from their memory?), Stassi and Katie put immense pressure on Kristen to cut ties with Carter. from Refinery 29
When our favorite scruffy-looking nerf herder shows up in a good ol-fashioned grief hallucination on Kef Bir, it's impossible not to yelp with joy and then promptly weep when you remember how he and his son ended things and that he's not really back. from Mashable
It wasn't until Monday's meeting here with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and a scruffy 213-23 victory in the teams' third successive Christmas Day showdown, that the Warriors returned in earnest to a spotlight that has largely been elsewhere through the first third of the 22-52 campaign. from The New York Times
She saw at near range that he was good-looking enough, with a long and sharp-featured face that was pinched with kindness, and scruffy hair with some gray in its wires, and his eyelashes closed slowly now and opened again, a long exposure to inspect her. from New Yorker
In an untitled cluster of three from 2012, perhaps a riff on the Holy Family, a child whose soft joints and frayed exterior recall a rag doll's is crouching to wipe the face of a baby, while an older child, also shabby and scruffy, stands before a wash basin. from The New York Times
The scruffy mutt with the enchanting eyes is starring as Tramp in Disney's live-action Lady and the Tramp remake and is BFFs with Justin Theroux — who will voice Tramp in the new take on the classic — but his life was far less glamorous just a few months ago. from People
More important for the purposes of the show, she falls under the spell of New York as embodied in her co-workers, including the imperious Simone (Caitlin FitzGerald of "Masters of Sex"), the scruffy-cute Jake (Tom Sturridge) and Sasha (Daniyar), a gay Russian with green-card problems. from The New York Times
When you watch the 225-year-old Utah native behind the starting gate at the Pyeongchang Olympics in the coming days, look beyond his scruffy good looks and check out his jazzy helmet and goggles once he starts careening down the icy course at speeds up to 23.5 mph. from CNBC
It's been years since they talked — after Derek shipped off to the NHL, Beth was left to fend for herself on a path that led her to homelessness, opioid abuse, and into the arms of a scruffy criminal named Wade whose red-checked flannel pops from Lemire's primary-color palette. from Hyperallergic
Rhodora's employees include meek Michigan ex-pat Coco (Natalia Dyer), scruffy handyman Bryson (Billy Magnussen), who boasts about his own artistic cred to anyone who looks naïve enough to listen, and Josephina (Zawe Ashton), an ambitious, hardened gallery assistant who's reeling after learning that her artist boyfriend is cheating on her. from The Verge
We get a rushed and scruffy subplot about a plan to sabotage the craft, and an expansion of the movie's range—reports from China, Russia, and other interested parties, declarations of war against the aliens (on the strength of one translated word), and Louise single-handedly striving to halt the meltdown. from New Yorker
Ms. Olson works hard to keep the energy level up, but the somewhat flat affect that works for her as the eternal underdog on "Sunny" isn't as well-suited for Mickey, who, in network style, must quickly prove to be a capable and loving guardian in her own scruffy way. from The New York Times
Deported from the United States a few years ago and with little money to spend, Joaquin - who did not want his last name used so he would not be identified - hoisted a scruffy mattress into the heart of the tree and spends his nights staring up through the leaves into the heavens. from Reuters
But before you join the thousands of other stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerfherders over on sites like The Pirate Bay, consider this: There's a really easy way to watch The Mandalorian and other Disney+ exclusives for free (and legally), and it's by signing up for the streaming platform's weeklong trial. from Mashable
On a walk with his scruffy dog, Wednesday, he revels in the jubilant simplicity of life we habitually take for granted: the turtle in the pond, the Stop War graffiti on the sidewalk, the kindly neighbor on top of the hill, the people in line at the soup kitchen, the ducks floating downstream. from The New York Times
There are three or four trucks called Grave Digger, as well as some sort of Son of A Digger; they are all from the same family, led by Derek Anderson, who has the same name as an at-times-interesting quarterback, but looks like a gruff, truck-driving version of Scruffy From Futurama. from Vice
The bare-bones description of "When Lambs Become Lions" makes it almost sound like a cheap action thriller pitting clear heroes against obvious villains: A scruffy band of poachers in Northern Kenya hunt and kill elephants while pursued by righteously angry rangers tasked with protecting the animals and the cultural heritage they represent. from Washington Post
The morning after my visit to Bilston, with its scruffy patriotism and middle-aged amputees, I read an article in The Times about the decision by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, not to underwrite the annual running cost of about £3m for the Garden Bridge, a proposed tree-covered walkway across the Thames. from Economist
I struggled for years to love Thelonious Monk, but watching him lead his classic quartet through Scandinavia in 1966 did the trick: Monk's wild physicality is on full display, from his scruffy hat to his jumpy dancing on the piano bench, his stabbing the keys as if trying to surprise himself with the noise. from The New York Times
JOHN ZORN, MARCH 1 It was a bit of a shock to hear that the Stone, the tiny, scrappy experimental music performance space that currently occupies the scruffy (at best) corner of Avenue C and Second Street, would be moving next year to a gleaming new home on West 13th Street, at the New School. from The New York Times
I have adopted adult dogs before, and I know there's always a period of adjustment, a time when infinite patience and constant reassurance are required, but I have never seen anything like this silent little dog with Groucho Marx's wild eyebrows, this scruffy, world-weary animal who so often bears a look of desolation. from The New York Times
As the dogged Detective Linden and her scruffy partner Stephen Holder (Altered Carbon's Joel Kinnaman) pursue multiple leads — all pointing them to Rosie's teacher Bennett Ahmed as the prime suspect — the Larsen family braces themselves for their daughter's wake, while a local politician prepares for a mayoral debate where his associations with Ahmed may come up. from The Verge
But the controlled bursts of raw energy bounding through Paradise fly in the face of despair, reflecting the natural-born, scuffed and scruffy resistance of young artists to the reactionary politics foisted upon them (as well as the culture wars to come), refusing to be stunned into silence, doing everything they could to be seen and heard. from Hyperallergic
These sweaters are as lovely as a Tatooine sunset (and keep you warmer than the inside of a TaunTaun.) Luke Vs Darth Sweater — $49.99 on Amazon See Details Reindeer R2D2 Sweater — $29.99 on Amazon See Details Star Wars Christmas Tree Sweatshirt — $32.99 on Amazon See Details You'll be the most festive scruffy-looking nerf-herder around with these ugly picks. from Mashable
Possibly the only guest on a Tuesday just after the hotel opened, I was upgraded from an entry-level double to a deluxe king room on the fourth floor with 12-foot ceilings and an arched floor-to-ceiling window that framed views of the former laundromat where, in the more scruffy past of the 1990s, my laundry was once stolen. from The New York Times
And the drawback to the fact-versus-fiction strategy here, as in Clavin's recent book "Dodge City," is that, freed from their mythification, these jackalope-like gunslingers emerge for the most part — Bat Masterson being the exception — as shiftless, talentless young men with poor educations and lousy career prospects, whose scruffy, Hobbesian lives play out exactly as you might expect. from The New York Times
Looking no worse for the global slog, Mr. Nakamura — tall, scruffy, handsome, dressed in a lumberjack shirt, jeans and a T-shirt riddled with holes — padded barefoot around the floors of his Edo-period dwelling, choosing from a large collection of first-press vinyl James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" and placing it on the turntable connected to a huge, pristine 1970s JBL Paragon D44000 speaker unit. from The New York Times
To celebrate the December theatrical release of "The Rise of Skywalker," billed as the last film in the nine-film Skywalker saga, the airline has launched a special "Star Wars"-themed plane — and though it can't travel at lightspeed, it does look pretty spiffy, or at least nothing at all like the heavily modified ship of a certain scruffy-looking nerf herder (sorry, Han Solo). from Business Insider
The trailer opens with a scruffy-looking Johnny passed out on the floor surrounded by beer cans, and contrasts with a clean-cut, chipper Daniel in a rather funny commercial for a car dealership bearing the LaRusso name, perfectly setting up the arcs each character's life followed after the original film's All Valley Karate Tournament, in which young underdog Daniel resoundingly defeated the seemingly unbeatable Johnny with a now-iconic crane kick to the face. from TechCrunch
A scruffy member of the anti-folk crowd who called himself Beck went from playing country-folk tunes on LA buses and busking on New York's Lower East Side to recording for the David Geffen Company (known in its day as DGC) and Interscope, and subsequently into Wal-Marts across America; around the time of Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville, boutique indie Matador — who would release work by Pavement, Guided by Voices, and Cat Power — began a distribution deal with the mighty Atlantic Records. from Vox
In the spring of 183, following the publication in The Times Magazine of an essay of mine accompanied by a particularly guileless photograph of me (bluejeans, scruffy hair, no makeup), I had received a letter from J.D. Salinger in which he offered his admiration, friendship, mentorship and spiritual guidance — and, in subsequent letters and phone calls, urged me to leave college, come live with him (have babies, collaborate on plays we would perform together in London's West End) and be (I truly believed this) his partner forever. from The New York Times
Since its 2009 debut LP, "Post-Nothing," each of the duo's no-frills albums has followed the same simple blueprint: barely half an hour of music spread across eight songs — "the standard template for a great rock 'n' roll album," they note, citing "Raw Power" by the Stooges and "Born to Run" by Bruce Springsteen — and sequenced for vinyl, with a deliberate Side A and Side B. The plain black-and-white covers always depict the band as they are: two goofy, scruffy, everyday dudes. from The New York Times
There is nothing overtly political about this exhibition, which features three decidedly eccentric (to say the least) sculptures; a set of mesmerizing wall panels made by the controlled dripping of polymer gypsum and other sundry materials, which leaves small gaps and wider openings across the surface; and willfully scruffy yet gorgeous mixed media drawings (Conté, charcoal, pastel, and acrylic) on Mylar, but it's gratifying to witness the way the show subtly turns the tables on the frothing-at-the-mouth, profoundly ignorant, ban-the-Muslims crowd. from Hyperallergic
This happened mostly in the old days: Nick Denton would hire an idea of a person, and then the person would do an actual job, and the results might surprise everyone, or they might confirm what everyone believed, or—At any rate, here was Dicko, in at the aggressive, scoop-making incarnation of Gizmodo: a scruffy, piratical-looking figure, an honest-to-God Australian tabloid newspaper veteran, up from the land of convicts and Murdochs and onto our internet, first mate of our new flagship after the old one had been sunk by sabotage. from Gizmodo
The baby needs a strong relationship with the natural world, mane: the wind in the willows, the birds, the bees, the flowers and the trees, the roaring ocean waves ceaselessly lapping at the sandy shores, the cumulus clouds bulbous with rain scraping the earth's azure ceiling, the emerald green leaves and the ruby red flower buds, scruffy underbrush and dangly, viney overbrush, the prowling cats and growling doggies, the galloping steeds, cud-suckin' goats, the panthers and cougars, the apes, the buzzing insect kingdom, the leaping cods and salmons, the squirting whales and porpi, the jellyfish, the bubbling hot springs, the redwood forests to the gulf's clean waters, mane. from Vice