gutted

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The No. 9 seed Trojans gutted out a 71-67 overtime win over No. 8 seed Clemson in what USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb described as “a culture win.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

"We're gutted that we went into the tournament with such high expectations and aspirations and we've not been able to meet those targets," Borthwick said.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Once in office, however, they stood by as the program was gutted, current and former national security officials said.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

When austerity later gutted treatment funding, outcomes reversed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The tribe must be sitting round the gutted pig, watching the fat ooze and burn among the ashes.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding