gallantry
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Roberts-Smith won the Victoria Cross -- Australia's highest military honour -- for "conspicuous gallantry" in Afghanistan while on the hunt for a senior Taliban commander.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
It is alive, it exists, you know people who are gallant, have witnessed gallantry and understand at this point that it is deeply countercultural.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
For his actions in fierce fighting over several days in September 2006 he was awarded the Military Cross - the third-highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Corporal Sidney Bates posthumously received Britain's Victoria Cross for "supreme gallantry" after repeatedly charging a critical German position with a light machine gun before dying of his wounds.
From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2023
As she staggered with the bus’s movement my lack of gallantry tormented me.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing gallantry
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