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[guht] / gʌt /






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Writer-director Guy Nattiv saves a gut punch for the final seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Then it was Suzann Pettersen's gut wrenching and ultimately successful putt on the final green at the Scottish course that decided the outcome.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Now, researchers led by the University of Vienna have found that many gut bacterial species are more complex than they appear.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

The discovery could change how researchers connect gut bacteria with disease.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

“I don’t like any of the words: women’s intuition, a gut feeling. But you left France early. Before the end of the war. And you came with that recommendation. From him.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

In the mouse experiment, none of the human Roseburia species permanently colonized the animals' guts.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Tom Holland is officially the first “Hot Ones” guest to really spill his guts during a spicy interview.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

No lack of guts and enjoyed their first-ever World Cup goal.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

Now rate cuts are on hold, and as the rise in wholesale prices show, there’s still plenty of inflation in the guts of the economy that’s likely to show up later in the year.

From MarketWatch Jun. 11, 2026

How many miles of guts were wrapped around him?

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"I was absolutely gutted," Brown said about her firing to the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Like that gutted TV cabinet, his sad eyes are a window into the sensitive boy inside the grown man.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Jenrick described this as an attempt at "modest savings" gutted by backbenchers.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Friday that Britain must face up to the changing climate and accelerate its move to clean energy as he visited a town where a wildfire gutted homes.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Samuel Teece gutted the car out in a great whorl of dust.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Damon’s Odysseus is numbed by the massacre of Troy’s civilians; Fiennes’ hates himself for leading the best men of Ithaca to their death, gutting his own community in the heedless destruction of another.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Friday's not guilty verdicts have been "gutting", said Sara.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

In all, Alico began gutting 53,000 citrus acres at the end of the 2025 harvest: 35 percent of Florida’s citrus production, condemned in one press release.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

He once attacked a federal appeals court for gutting one of his cases, violating taboos against getting personal and criticizing judges.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

“I do think the gutting of the books was a step too far.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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