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gutsy

[guht-see] / ˈgʌt si /




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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

And two months later, they travelled to Glasgow and spoiled Wilfried Nancy's first match as Celtic boss, winning 2-1 in a gutsy display.

From BBC May 15, 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

She’ll never win any awards for kindness, but she certainly is gutsy.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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

For the team’s oldest player, it was among the gutsiest seasons in franchise history.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 11, 2025

Clemson: In what has been an up-and-down year, the Tigers may have earned their gutsiest win of the season.

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2021

She is the gutsiest, most curious person I have ever been around, and my world is much larger with her in it.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 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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