gutsy
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No-one expected the African minnows to have a chance but their gutsy display, and heroics of 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha, will live long in the memory.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Steve Jobs made gutsy bets on the Macintosh, iPod and iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The gutsy victory means he has won 19 clay-court matches this year - more than any other player on the ATP Tour.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 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
“No,” I say, trying to be gutsy, too.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
But this was one of the gutsier efforts by a Seattle defensive line in years led by newcomers Uchenna Nwosu and Shelby Harris, who each seemed to come up with one big play after another.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
Kapler called it "one of the gutsier performances of the year from anybody in our pen."
From Fox News ● Sep. 23, 2021
Sweetgreen’s gutsier menu innovations are intended for the new 3.0 format or in delivery-only “ghost kitchens,” like the one the company will soon build in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
This time she was both more conventional and gutsier, with Beethoven's Second Symphony; Mozart's late Piano Concerto No. 24, with David Fray as soloist; and the U.S. premiere of Dai Fujikura's "Secret Forest."
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
To wish they were better, gutsier, more harmonious feminists is a needless distraction: far better to wish them part of a bigger choir.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2017
I have been a diehard baseball fan for more than 60 years, and this year’s Dodger team is the toughest, gutsiest and most resilient team I have ever seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025
“I did have a front-row seat to one of the gutsiest, toughest performances of a quarterback playing in a season that I have ever seen,” Keenum said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
All they needed to know was that Morton did one of the gutsiest things they have ever seen.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2021
In his first victory, in 2010, Mr. Bream’s 1989 BMW 3-Series beat 100 other cars at Buttonwillow Raceway in Bakersfield, where Southern California’s gutsiest speed-shop mechanics compete.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2020
“That’s one of the gutsiest things that I’ve seen, when he was embracing the booing, and that type of stuff. That took a lot of cojones, as they say,” seven-time Grand Slam champion McEnroe said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 16, 2020
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