gallantly
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Arenales gallantly stepping up to support Espinal against a social firing squad sparked a flame between the two.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2025
"During an intense exchange of fire, six brave soldiers, having fought gallantly, embraced martyrdom," the army said in a statement, adding that the clash took place in North Waziristan.
From Reuters • Aug. 22, 2023
Forest Service Ranger Ed Pulaski, who gallantly led the effort to fight the devastating “Big Burn” fire of 1910 in Idaho and Montana that burned 3 million acres and claimed dozens of lives.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2022
Fernández’s brand was this: a brawny, mustachioed man gallantly fighting for the woman he loves.
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2021
The boat shuddered with the great, smoking, sunlit waves that hit her as she ran, but she went gallantly as her builder had promised, answering the magewind as true as any spell-enwoven ship of Roke.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 7–11
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