gallant
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James and his teammates gave a gallant effort Saturday night at Crypto.com Arena, but the defending champion proved to be more than the Lakers could handle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026
The statement, from Major General Michael Onoja, a defence headquarters spokesman, said that the attack "resulted in the loss of a few brave and gallant soldiers", without disclosing a toll or who was killed.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
It is alive, it exists, you know people who are gallant, have witnessed gallantry and understand at this point that it is deeply countercultural.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026
The American icon's performance in a gallant first-round defeat by Czech 11th seed Karolina Muchova suggested there is more mileage left in the tank.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Now six full days my gallant crew could feast upon the prime beef they had marked for slaughter from Helios’ herd; and Zeus, the son of Kronos, added one fine morning.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
By Part 3, we are in Renaissance France, where gallants fight with one-handed swords in 1547.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2012
The periwigged gallants, for instance, have crude methods of bathing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two young purse-poor gallants pose as master and servant in order to wed wealthily.
From Time Magazine Archive
The vast majority of oils, watercolors and drawings made by Fragonard, Boucher, Watteau and Nattier to decorate boudoirs and gaming rooms were skillful but skin-deep pictures of pretty ladies, handsome gallants and idyllic landscapes.
From Time Magazine Archive
These men, a picked striking force of gallants, resumed the onslaughts of the previous afternoon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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