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gutsy

[guht-see] / ˈgʌt si /




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The gutsy victory capped a stunning run for Dart, who came through qualifying to reach her first tour-level final at the WTA 250 event.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Steve Jobs made gutsy bets on the Macintosh, iPod and iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

A gutsy performance which belied their status as the tournament's lowest-ranked team.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

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

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

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

Known for his adventurous angle on commercial record-making, he pushed John in particular for gutsier performances.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 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

Appearing headed toward free-fall in Sunday’s third quarter, they went full throttle to close out the season’s gutsiest, most desperately needed victory, a 135-129 win against Memphis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

One of the gutsiest plays was a 14-yard throw over the middle to Tee Higgins on third down with 1:59 left.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022

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

Pat called a timeout and then made what was probably the gutsiest call I ever saw her make.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 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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