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[grit] / grɪt /




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Natural chewing, abrasive foods, or even swallowed grit can produce similar patterns.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

"I always sort of go back to classic actresses in the way that they could sort of toe a line between extreme femininity and just rock hard will and grit," she said.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“They are just at a point where they grit their teeth and do their best to continue the relationship without blowing it up,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Slowly, she blinked away the grit in her eyes and tried to bring her unfamiliar setting into focus.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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