grit
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To beat France, England will have to produce a performance filled with grit and if they do meet and do it, then England will have achieved the greatest success in the game.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Coexisting with the amazing athletic skill, physical intelligence and grit, there was a type of insecure performative patriotic hypermasculinity.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
“The character that they have, the fight they have, the grit they have, the never-say-die,” Rose said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
I have always prided myself on my grit, but this place has made me realize that perhaps East Coast toughness masks a greater vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
I like the ones on the rock-and-roll sheet—words like heart and grit and power.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
The restaurants served up moderately priced country ham, pancakes, eggs and grits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
That week, they were going on a surf-and-turf version of shrimp and grits: steak tips, seared shrimp, a lake of cheesy grits and, right on top, a tangle of sweet-savory onions.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
You’ll want clamps of various sizes to hold pieces together while drilling or assembling, along with sandpaper in a range of grits.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
He married those influences with a deep love for South Carolina Lowcountry cuisine like shrimp and grits, fried fish and hoppin’ John.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
“I’m thinking we could plug the leak with grits, if the lady has some.”
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
“I really gritted my teeth and persevered for 30 years before finally becoming prime minister,” Takaichi said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
"I gritted my teeth on everything," Naumov said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
Not performatively fun, not “I’m smiling through gritted teeth” fun, but genuinely pleasurable, in that way long projects can feel when the rhythm carries you.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025
She politely smiled through gritted teeth recently when a Chiefs fan asked for one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Håkon gritted his teeth as Anya ran up to him.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Liu said he was "gritting my teeth and holding on" -- and hoping that the government helped to "stabilise the currency".
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
I was headlining at an age where most of the people around me were still gritting it out in clubs and you’re alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
The closures follow reports of "about 200" parked cars blocking gritting lorries and emergency services trying to respond to an injured walker near Edale on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
"Around 200 cars" parked up along part of the Peak District have prevented gritting taking place.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
“It explains,” he says, gritting his teeth, “why, under a pretense of neutrality—as if such a thing is possible!—you have left us to die at the hands of the Erudite.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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