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the gang of impish children ran into the street, utterly oblivious to the traffic
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Her glamorous sound, fiery technique and sharp musicality, served up with impish charm and slinky couture, reliably cause runs on the box office.
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
But Nathalie would never let this drop and would bring it up again years later with that wink in her eye and her impish smile.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
Enter the impish, shaggy-haired son of an Austrian police officer.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
So Link’s Awakening is a careful balance of impish humor and light danger — much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, which inspired the game (and its dreamworld owls).
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Corinna Da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
But Nathalie would never let this drop and would bring it up again years later with that wink in her eye and her impish smile.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
Enter the impish, shaggy-haired son of an Austrian police officer.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
So Link’s Awakening is a careful balance of impish humor and light danger — much like David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, which inspired the game (and its dreamworld owls).
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Impish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impish. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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