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
When someone’s smart we say he has brains and if he’s brave he has guts, but gallantry isn’t assigned a human part and so must be a thing of the soul.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
He had been mentioned in dispatches for his "gallantry" for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire, something he did on "more than one occasion", his officer said.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 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
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