gallantry
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Sarah welcomes the gesture and I’ve noticed others admiring my gallantry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
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
The Foreign Office has announced an additional honours recognising the work of overseas residents or service abroad, and there are separate lists covering gallantry awards and for service personnel in the military.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025
In France she met and married another exile, Bronislav Sossinsky, who had won the highest medal for gallantry in the White Army that fought against the Bolsheviks in Russia's Civil war.
From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023
I want gallantry from her, swash buckling, heroism, single-handed combat.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing gallantry
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 1
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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