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Somehow, Heinicke gutsily held on to the ball, didn’t fumble or take a safety to lose the game.

From Washington Post Dec. 4, 2022

Whatever the truth — and it’s worth noting that Ball had gutsily stood up to McCarthyism in the not-too-distant past — her testimony was a master class in deflection.

From New York Times Dec. 8, 2021

Of his nadir in 1984, he gutsily told a roomful of strangers he had gone flat broke then and said, “I had failed dismally.”

From Washington Post Jul. 13, 2016

Still, he got it right, not only by creating the two best players in the game but by gutsily holding out for a huge endorsement contract.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Curtis bought a Rolls-Royce, he gutsily made sure he got a better one than Cary's.

From Time Magazine Archive




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