as in valiant
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament standing up for what is right, especially if it's unpopular, is about the guttiest thing a person can do

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Recent Examples of gutty One thing the Longhorns need is a healthy quarterback after losing starter Quinn Ewers early and watching backup Hudson Card limp his way through a gutty performance. Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2022 But the Cleveland Cavaliers held off a gutty fourth-quarter comeback effort by the Detroit Pistons, improving their mark to 2-2 with a narrow 82-79 win on Thursday evening. Tim Bielik, cleveland, 16 July 2022 For Mexico, Monday’s gutty effort, by far its best of the tournament, showed why the country entered the competition with high hopes. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 The gutty little Bruins work their backsides off daily in an effort to earn more Ws, but the fact is that Nick Saban would struggle to be bowl eligible with the UCLA rosters of the last five years. Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2021 See All Example Sentences for gutty
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  • The animal fell into an icy river in the Xinjiang city of Kashgar recently, according to footage of the valiant rescue effort and a description shared by Newsflare.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Among the many tributes her colleagues pay her valiant war effort, there is one that screams from the pages of her book.
    Bob Kustra, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • His stage name, combining the loyal, strong, and courageous Hindu god Hanuman with the rest of mankind, gives a sense of how lofty his ambitions for his music are.
    Isha Sharma, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The courageous, notoriously hard-working star was there to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dollywood.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • LaBruce’s idiosyncrasy is connected to the fearless audacity of his brave, tragic inspiration, Pasolini.
    Armond White, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, Scott’s act of mass ventriloquism—patient, playful, physically astute and ultimately brave—clarifies something at the heart of Chekhov’s play.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
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  • The eclectic evening highlighted what is at the core of both Mosshart's artistry and Lotan's design ethos: fearless self-expression.
    Gaby Keiderling, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In her public appearances and on social media, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has become a symbol of fearless resistance to the Trump administration’s bullying.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • The task demanding such heroic efforts was to select the American wines that would compete in the reenactment of one of modern history’s most pivotal wine competitions.
    David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Sometimes there’s a mystery to solve, sometimes there’s romance to resolve and this year Trauma Code even incorporated heroic action scenes.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • An elaborate ideology confers legitimacy upon the Kim family: according to the country’s founding myth, Kim Il Sung led a gallant band of guerilla fighters in the bitter winds of Manchuria to defeat the Japanese, liberate the Korean people, and establish the North Korean state.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 25 Oct. 2010
  • In stereotypical movies, the gallant hero saves the damsel through daring, dramatic action.
    Amanda Nguyen, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • From the lobby to rooms, restaurants, and the rooftop, neutral backdrops are layered with metallic accents, and bold and energetic colors like emerald green, saffron yellow, fiery chili pepper red, and Mediterranean blue.
    Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Best Alexa Speaker Photograph: Amazon Amazon Echo (4th Gen) $100 at Amazon $100 at Target Amazon's Echo speaker (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is a cute ball of sound that brings the same bold bass and wide soundstage as the previous model, but with more room-filling sound than ever before.
    Parker Hall, Wired News, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Gutty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutty. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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