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Recent Examples of moll
Gomez makes Jessi so much more than the telenovela version of a gangster's moll, while also leaning into the soapiness of such a character with gusto.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
As she’s poised in a YA triangle between selfish dreamboat Ryan and earnest nerd Collin (Taeho K), JJ just happens (or not) to have a run-in with a gang of baddies presided over by Nancy, an oligarch’s moll played by Anna Faris in wet-look platinum hair and magenta lipstick and raccoon eyeshadow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
This time, Grier’s moll, Lee Daniels (like the director!), and Margaret Markov’s revolutionary, Karen Brent, are the interracial prisoners chained together.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Bonello attempts, with some success, to subvert the stereotypes of women as passive victims or as gangster molls serving as mere accessories for dominant males.
—Deborah Bonello, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
The Breen office was hip to the scam Hollywood always played in the gangster pictures — revel for 85 minutes in the gunplay, fast cars, cool clothes, and slinky molls before exacting a crime-does-not-pay penalty in the last five minutes.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Yet had people not worked tirelessly to uncover the truth of what happened—the truth that had been buried underneath a morass of facts—Breonna Taylor might still be remembered as a suspect and some drug kingpin’s moll, not a tireless essential worker whose goal in life was to help people.
—Zz Packer, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2020
Mobster's moll Violet (Jennifer Tilly) yearns to escape from her violent lover, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano).
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
Everyone’s favorite power couple: a prankster drummer and a drug moll.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
As she’s poised in a YA triangle between selfish dreamboat Ryan and earnest nerd Collin (Taeho K), JJ just happens (or not) to have a run-in with a gang of baddies presided over by Nancy, an oligarch’s moll played by Anna Faris in wet-look platinum hair and magenta lipstick and raccoon eyeshadow.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 July 2024
This time, Grier’s moll, Lee Daniels (like the director!), and Margaret Markov’s revolutionary, Karen Brent, are the interracial prisoners chained together.
—Odie Henderson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
Bonello attempts, with some success, to subvert the stereotypes of women as passive victims or as gangster molls serving as mere accessories for dominant males.
—Deborah Bonello, Foreign Affairs, 22 Aug. 2023
The Breen office was hip to the scam Hollywood always played in the gangster pictures — revel for 85 minutes in the gunplay, fast cars, cool clothes, and slinky molls before exacting a crime-does-not-pay penalty in the last five minutes.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
Yet had people not worked tirelessly to uncover the truth of what happened—the truth that had been buried underneath a morass of facts—Breonna Taylor might still be remembered as a suspect and some drug kingpin’s moll, not a tireless essential worker whose goal in life was to help people.
—Zz Packer, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2020
Mobster's moll Violet (Jennifer Tilly) yearns to escape from her violent lover, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano).
—Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2023
Everyone’s favorite power couple: a prankster drummer and a drug moll.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moll
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Located on Rue de Rivoli and overlooking the Tuileries Garden, the hotel has hosted a long line of royals and royal consorts, from Napoleon’s mistress to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.Jessie Heyman, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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Alas, Chicken Man’s foray into the big-time implodes after armed robbers attack the party — leaving Frank to assume that Chicken Man and his cunning mistress, Vivian (Taraji P. Henson), were in on the heist.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
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Feeling beat up by last week's election – whether your guy or gal won or lost?Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
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Remarkably, the gals remained tied through round 5 before Chelsie was knocked out by round 6.Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2024
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Pound was wanted in court about a case involving his deceased girlfriend's personal property.Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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Payne’s parents, Geoff and Karen, were also in attendance, as was his girlfriend at the time of his death, actress Katie Cassidy, escorted by Elizabeth Hurley’s son Damian Hurley.Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Moll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moll. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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