gamely
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He gamely wears striped socks and short shorts; she sports Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and clings to her character’s emotional truth like it’s a bucking pterodactyl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
As a previously flat pitch began to break up and play tricks, England first surrendered the initiative with the bat, then tried gamely with the ball to hang in the contest.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
But I gamely soldiered back into the sunlight and onto the pathways that line the National Mall, each ginger step kicking up dust.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
As we speak, he gamely spoons chicken noodle soup into his mouth with a plastic spoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
The truly daring, however, gamely climbed into a rattan gondola, felt hats or straw bowlers grasped tightly in hand as a hot-air balloon lofted them skyward.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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