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The motley crew endures a series of tasks in order to get home, teaming up with master crafter Steve (Black) along the way.
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The motley crew of characters seem primed to survive their debut this summer (but perhaps not Olga Kurylenko’s Taskmaster and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) and are set to be one of Marvel’s flagships teams going forward.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
Like a relic of the immediate post–civil-rights movement heyday when a motley crew of individuals could come together in voluntary association to uphold and embody a color-blind ideal of justice, order, and community.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
There was a motley crew of regulars: N.Y.U. students always calling the same Dylan tunes, and grizzled hippies always happy to oblige.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The motley crew of characters seem primed to survive their debut this summer (but perhaps not Olga Kurylenko’s Taskmaster and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina Allegra de Fontaine) and are set to be one of Marvel’s flagships teams going forward.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
Like a relic of the immediate post–civil-rights movement heyday when a motley crew of individuals could come together in voluntary association to uphold and embody a color-blind ideal of justice, order, and community.
—Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
There was a motley crew of regulars: N.Y.U. students always calling the same Dylan tunes, and grizzled hippies always happy to oblige.
—New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
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“Motley crew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motley%20crew. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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