fortitude
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It often requires tremendous mental and emotional fortitude at a time when they are simply trying to get well.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
Teammates and coaches deserve our best attempts to play with fortitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But an investor who is relying on the stock market to build wealth needs the psychological fortitude to keep putting money into the market, even during a downturn, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude comes at a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
In denying their bodies the most basic necessities, jockeys demonstrated incredible fortitude.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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