gutsy
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Steve Jobs made gutsy bets on the Macintosh, iPod and iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
Because LeBron James looked superhuman since playing those 45 minutes, including all five gutsy minutes of ovetime.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Intent on ensuring that China leapfrogs the U.S. as the world’s pre-eminent power, Xi Jinping recently made the gutsy and perhaps counterintuitive decision to invest massively in an arena of American strength—basic research.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Ireland are, just about, in with a chance of the title after overcoming a gutsy Wales with a 27-17 victory in Dublin.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
Those Panthers . . . those itsy, bitsy football players . . . those hearty, gutsy guys from the oil fields . . . what about ’em?
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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