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grit

noun as in particles of dirt

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Further googling of the McDonald’s buffet with terrible grits in Alexandria turns up nothing.

From Eater

A hearty, cheesy spoonful of his grits reveals additional layers of the “new” American palate.

They have shooting, vision, grit, length, speed, experience and more than one playmaker.

It took a tremendous amount of fight, grit, toughness, resolve.

From Ozy

Will, innovation, grit, unceasing creativity, and a touch of luck are all you sometimes need to win.

But she respects grit and determination, in allies and opponents alike.

Chicago provides crime reporters and amateur scanner-chasers with more grit and brutality than they can handle combined.

In 175 well-chosen words, he sums up the trials and the grit and bravery of the civil rights movement.

To do so in a Salvadoran prison defies comprehension and inspires respect for their grit and determination.

Plus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy.

Then followed such an exhibition of sheer grit and skill and dauntless courage as none of the girls would ever forget.

"Of course it won't be much use to him in my leather business," I said to my wife; "still it shows grit."

All day long the struggle continued, and it required all the grit he possessed to keep him going.

She had the grit to pray for Judus if she took the notion—there warn't no back-down to her, I judge.

Meal dus' in my th'oat, grit in my eye, en I aint kin git my breff, skacely.

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On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grit, such as: dust, gravel, lumps, pebbles, powder, and sand.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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