gumption

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This sporty rabble-rouser—with plucky styling, screaming exhaust note and a fierce 302-horsepower turbo engine—is more in tune with, say, the grit and gumption of Megan Rapinoe.

CHI-CHI CROSSOVER SUVSJOE PHILLIPSMARCH 18, 2022WASHINGTON BLADE

The lawsuit showed gumption, and the judgment, issued in 2012, endeared Mullins to the thousands of NYPD sergeants he represented.

YEARS BEFORE A POLICE UNION LEADER WAS RAIDED BY THE FBI, LOCAL INVESTIGATORS DIDN’T PURSUE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIMBY JAKE PEARSONDECEMBER 14, 2021PROPUBLICA

It’s a moment when the tables turned, and a health professional was reminded of how difficult it is to get help, once everyday folks get the gumption to ask.

WHEN THE COUNSELOR NEEDS HELP: ‘I DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO REALLY DIGEST 9/11’PETULA DVORAKSEPTEMBER 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Miss Manners recognizes that this takes gumption and that is the reason that hosts are expected to save their guests that anxiety by making introductions.

MISS MANNERS: AGGRESSION FROM OLDER MEN LEAVES YOUNG WOMAN AT A LOSSJUDITH MARTIN, NICHOLAS MARTIN, JACOBINA MARTINAPRIL 15, 2021WASHINGTON POST

He negotiated tooth prices with Molly in days-long back-and-forth communication, and she generally won, but only after showing gumption.

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I guess he just stayed there because he happened to light there and didn't have gumption enough to git out.

CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWER

This town is God's own country, and there's opportunity for anybody with a pound of energy and an ounce o' gumption.

THE TURMOILBOOTH TARKINGTON

"Other one has the gumption," said Sharon, casting a final rain of cigar ash upon the abused rug at his feet.

THE WRONG TWINHARRY LEON WILSON

Well, she's got more gumption than any one I've seen here so far—seems to take an interest in what she's doing.

SISTER CARRIETHEODORE DREISER

I only wonder that Chicago, with her accredited 'git' and 'gumption,' has not accepted my plan before.

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